Axial variability in the relationship of chlorophyll a with climatic factors and the North Atlantic oscillation in a Basque coast estuary, Bay of Biscay (1997-2006)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1041-1049

  Villate, Fernando ^a   Aravena, Guillermo ^a   Iriarte, Arantza ^a   Uriarte, Ibon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE COUNTRY; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; URDAIBAI ESTUARY; VIZCAYA;

EID: 54249126043     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn056     Document Type: Article

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