First record of a Trichodesmium erythraeum bloom in the Mediterranean Sea

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1444-1455

  Spatharis, Sofie ^a   Skliris, Nikolaos ^b   Meziti, Alexandra ^c   Kormas, Konstantinos Ar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; IRON; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEW RECORD; NITROGEN CYCLE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; WIND VELOCITY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE; INDIAN OCEAN; LESBOS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTHERN AEGEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 84864762780     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-020     Document Type: Article

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