Recent Arctic Ocean sea ice loss triggers novel fall phytoplankton blooms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6207-6212

  Ardyna, Mathieu ^a   Babin, Marcel ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^b   Devred, Emmanuel ^a   Rainville, Luc ^c   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^a  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MIXING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

ARCTIC OCEAN SEA ICES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER RUNOFFS; SEA SURFACES; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND-DRIVEN VERTICAL MIXING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAL BLOOM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84906795668     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061047     Document Type: Article

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