High downward flux of mucilaginous aggregates in the Ligurian Sea during summer 2002: Similarities with the mucilage phenomenon in the Adriatic Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-406

  Martín, Jacobo ^a   Miquel, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Ligurian Sea; Mucilage; Particulate organic carbon; Sediment trap; Vertical stability

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MUCILAGE; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT TRAP; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADRIATIC SEA; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78649491012     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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