Composition and spatio-temporal variability of particle fluxes in the Western Alboran Gyre, Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 33-34, Issue , 2002, Pages 431-456

  Fabres, J ^a   Calafat, A ^a   Sanchez Vidal, A ^a   Canals, M ^a   Heussner, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

(37 35 N, 6 3 W); Alboran Sea; Continental margins; Fluvial discharge; Ocean circulation; Particulate flux; Primary production; Sediment trap; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DATA ACQUISITION; MOORING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

PARTICLE FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARTICULATE FLUX; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRAP;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036606356     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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