Preliminary studies on the export of organic matter during phytoplankton blooms off La Coruna (North-Western Spain)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Bode, Antonio ^a   Varela, Manuel ^a   Barquero, Susana ^a   Alvarez Ossorio, M Teresa ^a   Gonzalez, Nicolás ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOM; CARBON; FAECAL PELLET; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTATION TRAP; UPWELLING;

GALICIA LA CORUNA; SPAIN;

COPEPODA;

EID: 0031911448     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400039928     Document Type: Article

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