Role of Saharan dust on phytoplankton dynamics in the northeastern Mediterranean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 314, Issue , 2006, Pages 61-75

  Eker Develi, Elif ^a,b   Kideys, Ahmet Erkan ^a,b   Tugrul, Suleyman ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; Chlorophyll a; Composition; Phytoplankton abundance; Saharan dust; Winter mixing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHEAST); SAHARA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33745621572     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps314061     Document Type: Article

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