Water mass properties and chemical characteristics in the Saros Gulf, Northeast Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 698-710

  Pazi, Idil ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Northeast Aegean; Nutrient; Saros Gulf; Water masses

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EARTH SCIENCES; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SILICATES; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN SEAS; BLACK SEAS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DARDANELLES; DEEP WATERS; DENSE WATERS; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; EASTERN MEDITERRANEANS; EXTENDING; HYDROLOGICAL DATUM; LEVANTINE BASINS; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATERS; MARMARA SEAS; NORTHEAST AEGEAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LEVELS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; SAMPLING PERIODS; SAROS GULF; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE LAYERS; WATER MASSES;

SALINE WATER;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DEEP WATER; INTERMEDIATE WATER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; WATER MASS;

AEGEAN SEA; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SAROS GULF;

EID: 53949126160     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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