The contiguous domains of Arctic Ocean advection: Trails of life and death

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-65

  Wassmann, P ^a   Kosobokova, K N ^b   Slagstad, D ^c   Drinkwater, K F ^d   Hopcroft, R R ^e   Moore, S E ^f   Ellingsen, I ^c   Nelson, R J ^g   Carmack, E ^g   Popova, E ^h   Berge, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BIOMASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; ARCTIC WATERS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; LIFE AND DEATH; PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84949320716     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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