Consequences of winter upwelling events on biogeochemical and phytoplankton patterns in a western Galician ria (NW Iberian peninsula)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 409-422

  Prego, Ricardo ^a   Guzmán Zuñiga, Dafne ^a,b   Varela, Manuel ^c   deCastro, Maite ^d   Gómez Gesteira, Moncho ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Chile)

^c Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

biogeochemistry; land sea exchange; LOICZ; NW Spain; phytoplankton; ria; upwelling; winter

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING; WATER MASS; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; NITZSCHIA LONGISSIMA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA PUNGENS; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; THALASSIONEMA NITZSCHIOIDES;

EID: 34248999456     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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