Primary production in the Strait of Gibraltar: Carbon fixation rates in relation to hydrodynamic and phytoplankton dynamics

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-210

  Macías, Diego ^a   Navarro, Gabriel ^b   Bartual, Ana ^a   Echevarría, Fidel ^a,c   Huertas, I Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^c Centro Andaluz de Ciencia y Tecnología Marina CACYTMAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

air sea CO2 exchange; deep chlorophyll maximum; primary production; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SINK; CHLOROPHYLL; EXOPOLYMER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRRADIANCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 67349248111     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.032     Document Type: Article

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