Respiratory ETS activity of plankton in the northwestern Alboran Sea: Seasonal variability and relationship with hydrological and biological features

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 629-641

  Ramírez, Teodoro ^a   Liger, Esperanza ^b   Mercado, Jesús M ^a   Cortés, Dolores ^a   Vargas Yañez, Manuel ^a   Sebastián, Marta ^b   Reul, Andreas ^b   Aguilera, José ^b   Bautista, Begoña ^b  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ALBORAN SEA; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745698212     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi146     Document Type: Article

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