Spring bloom onset in the Nordic Seas

The North Atlantic spring bloom is a massive annual growth event of marine phytoplankton, tiny free-floating algae that form the base of the ocean's food web and generates a large fraction of the global primary production of organic matter. The conditions that trigger the onset of the spring bl...

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Main Authors: A. Mignot, R. Ferrari, K. A. Mork
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-06-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/3485/2016/bg-13-3485-2016.pdf