Environmental control of phytoplankton distribution and photosynthetic performance at the Jan Mayen Front in the Norwegian Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-205

  Erga, Svein Rune ^a   Ssebiyonga, Nicolausi ^a   Hamre, Børge ^a   Frette, Øyvind ^a   Hovland, Erlend ^b   Hancke, Kasper ^b   Drinkwater, Kenneth ^c   Rey, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic Front; Biomass; Norwegian Sea; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Spectral light

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC FRONT; DIFFUSE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NORWEGIAN SEA; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MOORING; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROGRAPHY; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR FRONT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; JAN MAYEN; NORWEGIAN SEA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84889032707     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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