Decadal weakening of the wind-induced upwelling reduces the impact of nutrient pollution in the Bay of Málaga (western Mediterranean Sea)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 680, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-107

  Mercado, Jesús M ^a   Cortés, Dolores ^a   Ramírez, Teodoro ^a   Gómez, Francisco ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Coastal management; Eutrophication; Nutrient pollution; Phytoplankton; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECADAL VARIATION; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING;

ALBORAN SEA; ANDALUCIA; BAHIA DE MALAGA [MALAGA]; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 82455174350     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0906-y     Document Type: Article

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