Role of shelfbreak upwelling in the formation of a massive under-ice bloom in the Chukchi Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-29

  Spall, Michael A ^a   Pickart, Robert S ^a   Brugler, Eric T ^a   Moore, G W K ^b   Thomas, Leif ^c   Arrigo, Kevin R ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Phytoplankton blooms; Shelf basin interaction; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; WIND;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SHELF-BASIN INTERACTION; UPWELLING;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CHLOROPHYLL; EKMAN LAYER; HALOCLINE; NUTRIENT; OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGION; SHELF BREAK; SUMMER; UPWELLING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84902809130     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.017     Document Type: Article

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