Changes in dominant mixing length scales as a driver of subpolar phytoplankton bloom initiation in the North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3197-3203

  Brody, Sarah R ^a   Lozier, M Susan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bloom initiation; critical depth hypothesis; phytoplankton; turbulence

Indexed keywords

ISOMERS; TURBULENCE;

BLOOM INITIATION; CRITICAL DEPTH; CURRENT THEORIES; GRAZING PRESSURE; NORTH ATLANTIC; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SEASONAL THERMOCLINE; SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

HEAT FLUX; MIXING; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION OUTBREAK; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENCE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84901945842     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059707     Document Type: Article

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