An upwelling filament off southwest Iberia: Effect on the chlorophyll a and nutrient export

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1601-1613

  Cravo, Alexandra ^a   Relvas, Paulo ^a   Cardeira, Sara ^a   Rita, Filomena ^a   Madureira, Miguel ^a   Sánchez, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Dissolved oxygen; Filaments; Iberian peninsula; Nutrients; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; UPWELLING; VELOCITY PROFILE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 77955770461     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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