Coastal dynamics and dissolved organic carbon in the western Sardinian shelf (Western Mediterranean)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 167-188

  Santinelli, C ^a   Ribotti, A ^b   Sorgente, R ^b   Gasparini, G P ^b   Nannicini, L ^a   Vignudelli, S ^a   Seritti, A ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Mesoscale features; Sardinian Sea; Surface mixed layer; Water masses; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMICS; FIRE HAZARDS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; STREAM FLOW; SURVEYS; WATER ANALYSIS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MESOSCALE FEATURES; SARDINIAN SEA; SURFACE MIXED LAYER; WATER MASSES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ORGANIC CARBON;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 54249147073     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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