Potential effect of an anchovy-mediated pump on the vertical availability of nitrogen for primary production in the Catalan Sea (northwest Mediterranean)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-92

  Tudela, S ^a   Palomera, I ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Engraulis encrasicolus; N fluxes; Nitrogen excretion; NW Mediterranean; Pelagic ecosystem; Phytoplankton production

Indexed keywords

LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NITROGEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECYCLING;

ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS;

EID: 0032872071     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(99)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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