Response of marine bacterioplankton to a massive under-ice phytoplankton bloom in the Chukchi Sea (Western Arctic Ocean)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-84

  Ortega Retuerta, E ^a,b,c   Fichot, C G ^d,e   Arrigo, K R ^f   Van Dijken, G L ^f   Joux, F ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Bacterioplankton; Dissolved organic matter; Phytoplankton; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BACTERIOPLANKTONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; MARINE BACTERIOPLANKTON; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

PLANKTON;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; INCUBATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 84902678661     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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