Photosynthetic production in the central Arctic Ocean during the record sea-ice minimum in 2012

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3525-3549

  Fernandez Mendez M ^a,b   Katlein, C ^a   Rabe, B ^a   Nicolaus, M ^a   Peeken, I ^a,c   Bakker, K ^d   Flores, H ^a,e   Boetius, A ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE COVER; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84931274932     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3525-2015     Document Type: Article

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