Phytoplankton pigment distribution in relation to upper thermocline circulation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during winter

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C9, 2001, Pages 19939-19956

  Vidussi, Francesca ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^a   Manca, Beniamino B ^b   Luchetta, Anna ^c   Marty, Jean Claude ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c Istituto Talassografico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; THERMOCLINE; WINTER;

(EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034775680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000308     Document Type: Article

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