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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/3485/2016/bg-13-3485-2016.pdf |