Space-for-time substitution in predicting the state of picoplankton and nanoplankton in a changing Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5750-5759

  Li, William K W ^a   Carmack, Eddy C ^b   McLaughlin, Fiona A ^b   Nelson, R John ^b,c   Williams, William J ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Canada Basin; nitrate; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; NITRATES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; ECOLOGICAL PROVINCE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON SIZE STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL PREDICTION; UPPER WATER COLUMN;

PLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NANOPLANKTON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PICOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84890258217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20417     Document Type: Article

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