Fluorescence, pigment and microscopic characterization of Bering Sea phytoplankton community structure and photosynthetic competency in the presence of a Cold Pool during summer

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-99

  Goes, Joaquim I ^a   Gomes, Helga do Rosario ^a   Haugen, Elin M ^b   McKee, Kali T ^a   D'Sa, Eurico J ^c   Chekalyuk, Alexander M ^a   Stoecker, Diane K ^d   Stabeno, Phyllis J ^e   Saitoh, Sei Ichi ^f   Sambrotto, Raymond N ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Diversity; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Salinity; Sea ice; Taxonomy; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; TAXONOMIES; TEMPERATURE;

BERING SEA; CRYPTOPHYTES AND DIATOMS; DIVERSITY; EASTERN BERING SEA SHELVES; MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; SALINITY;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; COLD POOL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PYCNOCLINE; SEA ICE; SUMMER;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84909991491     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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