The great 2012 Arctic Ocean summer cyclone enhanced biological productivity on the shelves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 297-312

  Zhang, Jinlun ^a   Ashjian, Carin ^b   Campbell, Robert ^c   Hill, Victoria ^d   Spitz, Yvette H ^e   Steele, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d Old Dominion University   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA ICE;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATION;

STORMS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE FORCING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYCLONE; ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF SEA; SUMMER; UPPER OCEAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84898946726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009301     Document Type: Article

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