Physical-biological coupling in the Algerian basin (SW Mediterranean): Influence of mesoscale instabilities on the biomass and production of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 405-437

  Morán, Xosé Anxelu G ^a   Taupier Letage, Isabelle ^b   Vázquez Domínguez, Evaristo ^a   Ruiz, Simón ^a   Arin, Laura ^a   Raimbault, Patrick ^c   Estrada, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b LOB CNRS   (France)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Algerian basin; Bacteria; Bacterial production; Mediterranean; Mesoscale; P E relationships; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; MESOSCALE EDDY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ALGERIAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0035218532     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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