Polynyas: Windows to the WorldWalker O. Smith Jr., David Barber Approx.474 pages Approx.474 pages |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Physical Oceanography of Polynyas | 55 |
Chapter 3 Polynya Modelling | 87 |
Chapter 4 Meteorology and AtmosphereSurface Coupling in and around Polynyas | 127 |
Chapter 5 Gas Fluxes and Dynamics in Polynyas | 163 |
Chapter 6 Biogeochemistry of Polynyas and Their Role in Sequestration of Anthropogenic Constituents | 193 |
Chapter 7 Physical Control of Primary Productivity in Arctic and Antarctic Polynyas | 223 |
Chapter 8 Primary Production and Nutrient Dynamics in Polynyas | 239 |
Chapter 9 Zooplankton Processes in Arctic and Antarctic Polynyas | 271 |
Chapter 10 Pelagic Bacterial Processes in Polynyas | 323 |
Chapter 11 Benthic Processes in Polynyas | 363 |
Three Case Histories | 391 |
A View to the Future | 411 |
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abundance advection Antarctic Peninsula Antarctic polynyas Antarctica anthropogenic appendicularians Arctic Ocean Arctic polynyas Arrigo atmospheric bacterial Baffin Bay Barber Bay polynya benthic biological biomass bottom water Calanus chlorophyll climate cloud coastal polynyas Comiso continental shelf convection copepods crystallorophias cycle Deep-Sea Research diatoms Dijken DiTullio dynamics Ecology Progress Series estimates export Figure flux frazil ice Geophysical Research Grebmeier Greenland ice cover Ice Shelf ice zone ice-covered increase Journal of Geophysical Journal of Marine katabatic winds krill layer Marine Ecology Progress Marine Systems Massom Mertz Glacier microbial North Water Polynya Northeast Water Polynya nutrient observed occur Oceanography open water pellets Phaeocystis phytoplankton phytoplankton bloom polynya formation primary production processes Prydz Bay rates region Ross Sea Ross Sea polynya satellite sea ice seasonal sediment Smith Southern Ocean spatial species spring Strait summer surface waters temperature Terra Nova Bay Tremblay variability W.O. Jr water column Weddell Sea winter zooplankton