Short-time-scale variability of near-bottom seston composition during spring in a warm temperate sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 575, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 373-388

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthos activity; Biochemical composition; Environmental variability; Near bottom seston; Secchi disk; Spring

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TURBULENCE;

BENTHOS ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL SECCHI DISK (HSD); NEAR BOTTOM SESTON; SPRING;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SESTON; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TIMESCALE; TRANSPARENCY; TURBULENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33845452749     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0390-y     Document Type: Article

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