Consumption of silicic acid below the euphotic zone by sedimenting diatom blooms in the Barents Sea

dc.contributor.author	Rey, Francisco
dc.contributor.author	Skjoldal, Hein Rune
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-13T10:42:05Z
dc.date.issued	1987-03-23
dc.identifier.issn	0171-8630
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/108035
dc.description.abstract	Massive sedimentation of spring phytoplankton blooms occurs in the Barents Sea as in many other shelf sea environments. Associated with this sedimentation there is a large decrease in concentration of dissolved shcic acid below the nitracline. This decrease is apparently related to resting spore formation of the dominant &atom species Chaetoceros socids. The deep shcic acid consumption seems to be a regular and extensive phenomenon which results in a vertical separation of the shcic acid gradient from the nitracline. This d disfavour further growth of diatoms during the summer season due to reduced upward transport of silicic acid by vertical mixing.	en
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dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.subject	silicic acid	en
dc.title	Consumption of silicic acid below the euphotic zone by sedimenting diatom blooms in the Barents Sea	en
dc.type	Journal article	en
dc.type	Peer reviewed
dc.source.pagenumber	307-312	en
dc.source.volume	36	en
dc.source.journal	Marine Ecology Progress Series
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps036307