Phytoplankton biomass and production in shelf waters off NW Spain: Spatial and seasonal variability in relation to upwelling

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 341, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-234

  Bode, Antonio ^a   Casas, Benita ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^b   Marañón, Emilio ^c   Serret, Pablo ^c   Varela, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

biomass; N NW Spain; Phytoplankton; seasonal pattern; upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL UPWELLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF WATERS; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC, SPANISH SHELF;

EID: 0030301106     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00014687     Document Type: Article

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