Assessing algal biomass and bio-optical distributions in perennially ice-covered polar ocean ecosystems

Polar Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 73-85

  Laney, Samuel R ^a   Krishfield, Richard A ^a   Toole, John M ^a   Hammar, Terence R ^a   Ashjian, Carin J ^a   Timmermans, Mary Louise ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Bio optics; Phytoplankton; Profiler

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EPONTIC ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE; ICE COVER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR REGION; PROFILER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84901590103     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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