Spring and fall phytoplankton blooms in a productive subarctic ecosystem, the eastern Bering Sea, during 1995-2011

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-83

  Sigler, Michael F ^a   Stabeno, Phyllis J ^b   Eisner, Lisa B ^c   Napp, Jeffrey M ^c   Mueter, Franz J ^d  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Climate; Fall; Phytoplankton bloom; Spring; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LOCATION; MOORING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

BERING SEA; CLIMATE; FALL; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; ZOOPLANKTON;

ICE;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONTOUR MAP; ICE COVER; ICE RETREAT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; ZOOPLANKTON;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84901215644     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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