Nutrients dynamics in the southern Bay of Biscay (1993-2003): Winter supply, stoichiometry, long-term trends, and their effects on the phytoplankton community

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Llope, Marcos ^a,b   Anadón, Ricardo ^a   Sostres, Jorge Á ^a   Viesca, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 34548614777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003573     Document Type: Article

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