Formation of nutrient rich bottom water in the eastern parth of the Barents Sea

During yearly routine observations of hydrography, nutrients and plankton in the Barents Sea we have observed a distinct anomaly in the distribution of the nutrients silicate and nitrate in near bottom water in an area off the west-southwest coast of Novaya Zemlya and in the eastern Barents Sea as a...

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Main Authors: Føyn, Lars, Hagebø, Magnar, Rey, Francisco, Seglem, Kjell
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: ICES 1997
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/105755
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Summary:During yearly routine observations of hydrography, nutrients and plankton in the Barents Sea we have observed a distinct anomaly in the distribution of the nutrients silicate and nitrate in near bottom water in an area off the west-southwest coast of Novaya Zemlya and in the eastern Barents Sea as a whole.