Distribution and transport of organic matter along a filament-eddy system in the Canaries - NW Africa coastal transition zone region

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 115-129

  García Muñoz, Mercedes ^a   Arístegui, Javier ^a   Montero, María F ^a   Barton, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); MICROPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC);

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SEAWATER;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MESOSCALE EDDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 7944239348     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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