Oceanographic conditions in North and Northwest Iberia and their influence on the Prestige oil spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 5-7, 2006, Pages 220-238

  Ruiz Villarreal, M ^a   Gonzalez Pola C ^c   Diaz del Rio, G ^a   Lavin, A ^d   Otero, P ^a,e   Piedracoba, S ^e   Cabanas, J M ^b  

^a Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d Marine Culture Units El Bocal   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian Sea; Galicia; Galician Bank; Poleward slope current; Prestige oil spill; River plumes; Spring transition

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CANTABRIAN SEA; GALICIA; GALICIAN BANK; POLEWARD SLOPE CURRENT; PRESTIGE OIL SPILL; RIVER PLUMES; SPRING TRANSITION;

OIL SPILLS;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL SPILL; PLUME; RIVER PLUME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); UPWELLING;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL SPILL; PLUME; SEASHORE; SPAIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; GALICIA BANK; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745024737     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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