Large-scale physical controls on phytoplankton growth in the Irminger Sea. Part 1: Hydrographic zones, mixing and stratification

• Published in: Journal of Marine Systems
• Main Authors: Holliday, N.P., Waniek, J., Davidson, R., Wilson, D., Brown, L., Sanders, R., Pollard, R.T., Allen, J.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Sea; Reykjanes; East Greenland; east greenland current
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/21032/

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,...