Evidence of under-ice phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea from 1998 to 2012

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-117

  Lowry, Kate E ^a   van Dijken, Gert L ^a   Arrigo, Kevin R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; Under ice blooms

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; CHUKCHI SEA; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FIRST-YEAR SEA ICES; LIGHT AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; UNDER-ICE BLOOMS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; ICE RETREAT; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE; SEA ICE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84902780296     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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