Seston Ecology of the Surface Waters of Hudson Bay

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Anderson, J. T., Roff, J. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1980
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Foxe Channel
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f80-269; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f80-269

The planktonic biomass variables, chlorophyll a, ATP, particulate organic carbon, and nitrogen have been measured in surface waters throughout Hudson Bay for the first time. On the basis of these variables Hudson Bay can be regarded as oligotrophc during the summer months. Clear inshore–offshore gra...