The open-ocean convection in the Southern Adriatic: A controlling mechanism of the spring phytoplankton bloom

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1897-1908

  Gacic M ^a   Civitarese, G ^b   Miserocchi, S ^c   Cardin, V ^a   Crise, A ^a   Mauri, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b Istituto Talassografico   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; New production; Nutrients; Sediment trap record; Southern Adriatic; Surface heat flux; Winter convection

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 0036745256     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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