Atlantic forcing of the Mediterranean oligotrophy

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Huertas, I E ^a   Rios A F ^b   Garcia Lafuente J ^c   Navarro, G ^a   Makaoui, A ^d   Snchez Romn, A ^c   Rodriguez Galvez, S ^a   Orbi, A ^d   Ruiz J ^a   Perez F F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d Institut National de Recherche Halieutique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; BOTTOM WATER; COUNTER CURRENT; CYCLING PROCESS; DEEP WATER; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GIBRALTARS; GLOBAL OCEAN; IN-SITU; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NET EXPORTS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTIONS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; TWO LAYER MODEL; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATERS;

NUTRIENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; NITRATE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84861385712     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004167     Document Type: Article

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