Dynamics of the oceanographic properties during mucilage appearance in the Northern Adriatic Sea: Analysis of the 1997 event in comparison to earlier events

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 223-241

  Cozzi, Stefano ^a   Ivančić, Ingrid ^b   Catalano, Giulio ^a   Djakovac, Tamara ^b   Degobbis, Danilo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic nitrogen and phosphorus; Mucilage; Northern Adriatic Sea; Nutrients; Po River; Primary production

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; DATA REDUCTION; DEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN (DIN); MIDDLE ADRIATIC DEEP WATER (MADDW); PHYTOPLANKATONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAL BLOOM; MUCILAGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIO;

EID: 3042795851     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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