Vertical velocities and biological consequences at a front detected at the balearic sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-41

  Balbin R ^a   Flexas, M M ^b,c   Lopez Jurado J L ^a   Pena M ^a   Amores, A ^b   Alemany, F ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balearic Sea; Ocean circulation; Plankton distribution; Vertical velocities; Water masses; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ALTIMETRY; BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS; DATA SET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FRONTAL FEATURE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHY; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC FRONT; PLANKTON; VERTICAL PROFILE; VORTICITY; WATER MASS;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; BALEARIC SEA; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84867142226     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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