Impacts on the deep-sea ecosystem by a severe coastal storm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sanchez Vidal, Anna ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Calafat, Antoni M ^a   Lastras, Galderic ^a   Pedrosa Pàmies, Rut ^a   Menéndez, Melisa ^b   Medina, Raúl ^b   Company, Joan B ^c   Hereu, Bernat ^a   Romero, Javier ^a   Alcoverro, Teresa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL STORM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OCEAN CURRENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SHEAR STRESS; WATER TRANSPORT; ECOSYSTEM; HURRICANE; SEA; TIME;

CARBON CYCLE; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856267964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030395     Document Type: Article

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