Episodic meteorological and nutrient-load events as drivers of coastal planktonic ecosystem dynamics: A time-series analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 381, Issue , 2009, Pages 139-155

  Guadayol, Òscar ^a,b   Peters, Francesc ^a   Marrasé, Cèlia ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^a   Roldán, Cristina ^a   Berdalet, Elisa ^a   Massana, Ramon ^a   Sabata, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal osmotrophic plankton; Episodic meteorological forcing; Nutrients; NW Mediterranean; Sediment resuspension; Terrestrial runoff; Time series; Waves

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESUSPENSION; RUNOFF; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65649115774     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07939     Document Type: Article

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