External forcings, oceanographic processes and particle flux dynamics in Cap de Creus submarine canyon, NW Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3493-3505

  Rumin Caparros A ^a   Sanchez Vidal, A ^a   Calafat, A ^a   Canals, M ^a   Martin J ^b   Puig, P ^b   Pedrosa Pamies, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COOLING; DEEP SEA; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRACTIONATION; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUBMARINE CANYON; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CAP DE CREUS; CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SPAIN;

EID: 84882416746     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3493-2013     Document Type: Article

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