Simulations of biological production in the Rhodes and Ionian basins of the eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 277-298

  Napolitano, Ernesto ^a   Oguz, Temel ^b   Malanotte Rizzoli, Paola ^c   Yilmaz, Aysen ^b   Sansone, Emilio ^a  

^a Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Ecosystem modeling; Primary production; Rhodes gyre; Western Ionian gyre

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034122510     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(99)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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