Springtime sensible heat, nutrients and phytoplankton in the northwater Polynya, Canadian Arctic

• Main Authors: Lyn Lewis, E., Ponton, Dominique, Legendre, L., Leblanc, B.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: MILIEU MARIN; ECOSYSTEME; TEMPERATURE; SALINITE; CHLOROPHYLLE; MATIERE ORGANIQUE PARTICULEE; AZOTE; PHYTOPLANCTON; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; The ''Y''; Arctique*; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010009765

Sampling was conducted in the Northwater Polynya (between 70°20' and 77°20'N), on 17 and 19 May 1991. At each of the 14 sampling stations, CTD profiles were recorded from surface to bottom and nutrients and phytoplankton were determined at four depths down to 30 m. The presence, between 22...