Dissolved organic carbon variability in a shallow coastal marine system (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 280-290

  De Vittor, Cinzia ^a   Paoli, Alessandro ^a   Fonda Umani, Serena ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

chlorophyll a; dissolved organic carbon; Gulf of Trieste; northern Adriatic Sea

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PERIODICITY; SEASONALITY; WATER COLUMN;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF TRIESTE; ISONZO RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 42649146164     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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