Physical control of phytoplankton distributions in the Alboran Sea: A numerical and satellite approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C8, 2001, Pages 16795-16805

  Garcia Gorriz, Elisa ^a,b   Carr, Mary Elena ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CIRCULATION MODELING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034820039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000029     Document Type: Article

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