Seasonality of surface water properties and particle flux along a productivity gradient off NW Africa

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3561-3576

  Neuer, Susanne ^a,c   Freudenthal, Tim ^a   Davenport, Robert ^a   Llinás, Octavio ^b   Rueda, Mariá José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE WATERS;

LITHOGENIC COMPONENTS; PARTICLE FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

PARTICULATE FLUX; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONALITY; SURFACE WATER;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036387932     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00098-X     Document Type: Article

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