Seasonal and short-time-scale dynamics of microplankton community production and respiration in an inshore upwelling system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 196, Issue , 2000, Pages 111-126

  Moncoiffé, Gwenaëlle ^a,c   Alvarez Salgado, Xosé Antón ^b   Figueiras, Francisco G ^b   Savidge, Graham ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c Bidston Observatory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iberian Upwelling System; NE Atlantic; Oxygen; Primary production; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

GALICIA; RIA DE VIGO; SPAIN;

EID: 0034681979     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps196111     Document Type: Article

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