Primary production in the northwestern Mediterranean

Scientia Marina

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages 55-64

  Estrada, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish catches; Limiting nutrients; Northwestern Mediterranean; Phosphorus; Primary production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002658006     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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