Factors controlling summer phytoplankton production in greater Cook Strait, New Zealand
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
- Vol. 20 (2) , 253-279
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1986.9516148
Abstract
An intensive study was made of greater Cook Strait in the summers of 1980 and 1981 to determine the availability of dissolved inorganic nutrients in surface waters and the influence this may have on phytoplankton production. Phytoplankton biomass in greater Cook Strait appears to be controlled mainly by zooplankton grazing and turbulence or advection. The relative influence of factors governing primary production on phytoplankton distribution was assessed for the tidal mixing area off Marlborough Sounds, Manawatu River water, the Kahurangi Point to Cape Farewell upwelling region, and eastern Cook Strait.Keywords
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