The Mediterranean climate as a template for Mediterranean marine ecosystems: The example of the northeast Spanish littoral

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 245-270

  Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Agustí, Susana ^a   Kennedy, Hilary ^b   Vaqué, Dolors ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEASONALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 0032737146     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(99)00028-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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