Seasonal and inter-annual changes in the planktonic communities of the northwest Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 273-293

  Mercado, Jesús M ^a   Cortés, Dolores ^a   García, Alberto ^a   Ramírez, Teodoro ^a  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Nutrients; Plankton; Sardine larva; Time series; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TAXONOMIES;

DIATOM ABUNDANCES; SEASON; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC LEVELS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLUPEOID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONALITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRACHIOPODA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34547577286     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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