Biogeochemical transformations of inorganic nutrients in the mixing zone between the Danube river and the north-western Black Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 321-336

  Ragueneau, O ^a   Lancelot, C ^b   Egorov, V ^c   Vervlimmeren, J ^d   Cociasu, A ^e   Deliat G ^f   Krastev, A ^g   Daoud, N ^a   Rousseau, V ^b   Popovitchev, V ^c   Brion, N ^d   Popa, L ^e   Cauwet, G ^f  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRIGORE ANTIPA   (Romania)

^f LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Danube; North western Black Sea; Nutrients; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MIXING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY;

(NORTHWEST); BLACK SEA; DANUBE RIVER; EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036522634     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2000.0650     Document Type: Article

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