Citation: Pingree, R.D., Holligan, P.M., Mardell, G.T. & Head, R.N. 1976 The influence of physical stability on spring, summer and autumn phytoplankton blooms in the Celtic sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 845-873
Number of Pages: 29
Volume Part: 4
Keywords: Celtic Sea, Currents, Flora, Marine, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Temperature, Water column
Abstract: A parallel is shown to exist between the development of phytoplankton distributions and the establishment and breakdown of seasonal thermocline in the Celtic sea which is largely determined by tidal streaming.