Large-scale physical controls on phytoplankton growth in the Irminger Sea Part I: Hydrographic zones, mixing and stratification

• Published in: Journal of Marine Systems
• Main Authors: Holliday, N. P., Waniek, Joanna J., Davidson, R., Wilson, D., Brown, L., Sanders, R., Pollard, R. T., Allen, J. T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Sea; Reykjanes; East Greenland; east greenland current
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29755/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29755/1/1-s2.0-S0924796305001922-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.10.004

Hydrographic surveys in three consecutive seasons in the Irminger Sea in 2001/2002 have revealed six physical regimes (zones) in which different surface mixing and spring re-stratification processes dominate. They are the South Irminger Current, the North Irminger Current, the Central Irminger Sea,...