Atmospheric phosphorus deposition in a near-coastal rural site in the NE Iberian Peninsula and its role in marine productivity

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 361-370

  Izquierdo, Rebeca ^a   Benítez Nelson, Claudia R ^a,b,c   Masqué, Pere ^a,b,c   Castillo, Sonia ^b   Alastuey, Andrés ^b   Àvila, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African dust; Marine productivity; Mediterranean; Particulate matter; Phosphorus; Wet dry deposition

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN DUST; COASTAL WATERS; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; DIRECT DETERMINATION; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; DRY DEPOSITION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN; NEW PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RURAL SITE; SEASONALITY; SOLUBLE P; SOLUBLE REACTIVE P; TOTAL DISSOLVED P; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WET AND DRY;

DUST; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; SOLUBILITY;

DEPOSITION;

PHOSPHORUS;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DUST; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEASONALITY; SOLUBILITY;

AFRICA; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; DUST; EUROPE; MARINE SPECIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY; SPAIN; VELOCITY;

AFRICA; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONTSENY; SPAIN;

EID: 84856542218     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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