Mixing in the Barents Sea Polar Front near Hopen in spring

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 206-218

  Fer, Ilker ^a,b   Drinkwater, Kenneth ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Fronts; Physical oceanography; Physical biological interactions; Polar Front; Spring bloom dynamics; Turbulence; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; FRONTS; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; POLAR FRONT; VERTICAL MIXING;

BIOACTIVITY; MIXING; TIDAL POWER; TURBULENCE;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOPHYSICS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HEATING; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MELTING; NITRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR FRONT; SALINITY; SPRING (SEASON); SURFACE LAYER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; HOPEN; SPITSBERGENBANKEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84889009253     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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