Decadal variability in chlorophyll and primary production off NW Spain

Climate Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 293-305

  Bode, Antonio ^a   Anadón, Ricardo ^b   Morán, Xosé Anxelu G ^c   Nogueira, Enrique ^c   Teira, Eva ^d   Varela, Manuel ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; NE Atlantic; Nutrients; Primary production; Remineralisation; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EXTERNAL FACTORS; GALICIA; IN-SITU; LONG-TERM TREND; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; MAIN MODE; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NORTH-WEST IBERIAN PENINSULA; NW SPAIN; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION VALUE; REMINERALISATION; SHELF WATERS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRANSITION PERIOD; UPWELLING; UPWELLING INTENSITY; WATER COLUMNS; WATER-MASS FORMATION;

ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME SERIES;

BIOMASS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [SPAIN]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); SPAIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 80052492857     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00935     Document Type: Article

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