Outside the paradigm of upwelling rias in NW Iberian Peninsula: Biogeochemical and phytoplankton patterns of a non-upwelling ria

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Ospina Alvarez, Natalia ^a,b   Varela, Manuel ^c   Doval, María Dolores ^d   Gómez Gesteira, Moncho ^e   Cervantes Duarte, Rafael ^a,f   Prego, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^d INTECMAR Technological Institute for the Monitoring of the Marine Environment in Galicia   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Nutrients; Oceanography; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Pristine; Spain; Thermohaline

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIA; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UPWELLING; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; RIA DE BARQUEIRO; RIAS ALTAS; SPAIN;

EID: 84893174252     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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