Biological implications of fronts on the northwest European continental shelf
- 24 September 1981
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 302 (1472), 547-562
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1981.0182
Abstract
The results of recent biological investigations of three types of frontal system -- tidal, coastal, and shelf-break -- are summarized. Each is characterized by high standing crops of phytoplankton and is important as a biogeographic boundary between water masses with distinct plankton communities. Evidence for relatively high rates of primary production along tidal fronts is discussed in relation to secondary production.Keywords
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