Across margin export of organic matter by cascading events traced by stable isotopes, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1488-1500

  Sanchez Vidal, A ^a,b   Pasqual, C ^b   Kerherve P ^a   Heussner, S ^a   Calafat, A ^b   Palanques, A ^c   De Madron, X Durrieu ^a   Canals, M ^b   Puig, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67949083420     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.5.1488     Document Type: Article

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