Role of environmental factors on phytoplankton bloom initiation under landfast sea ice in Resolute Passage, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 497, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-49

  Mundy, C J ^a,b   Gosselin, Michel ^b   Gratton, Yves ^c   Brown, Kristina ^d   Galindo, Virginie ^e   Campbell, Karley ^a   Levasseur, Maurice ^e   Barber, David ^a   Papakyriakou, Tim ^a   Bélanger, Simon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Phytoplankton; Sea ice melt; Transmitted PAR; Underice bloom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893777009     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10587     Document Type: Article

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