The effects of nutrient additions on particulate and dissolved primary production and metabolic state in surface waters of three Mediterranean eddies

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2595-2607

  Lagaria, A ^a,b   Psarra, S ^b   Lefevre D ^c   Van Wambeke, F ^c   Courties, C ^d,e   Pujo Pay, M ^e,f   Oriol, L ^e,f   Tanaka, T ^c,d,e   Christaki, U ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 80052825924     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2595-2011     Document Type: Article

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