Temporal variability in total, micro- and nano-phytoplankton primary production at a coastal site in the Western English Channel

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 470-483

  Barnes, Morvan K ^a,c   Tilstone, Gavin H ^a   Suggett, David J ^b   Widdicombe, Claire E ^a   Bruun, John ^a   Martinez Vicente, Victor ^a   Smyth, Timothy J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES; WIND;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WESTERN ENGLISH CHANNELS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FIXATION; COASTAL ZONE; MICROPLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 84941260515     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.017     Document Type: Article

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