Physical forcing and physical/biochemical variability of the Mediterranean Sea: A review of unresolved issues and directions for future research

Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 281-322

  Malanotte Rizzoli, P ^a   Artale, V ^b   Borzelli Eusebi, G L ^c   Brenner, S ^d   Crise, A ^c   Gacic, M ^c   Kress, N ^f   Marullo, S ^b   Ribera D'Alcala M ^h   Sofianos, S ^k   Tanhua, T ^l   Theocharis, A ^m   Alvarez, M ⁿ   Ashkenazy, Y ^o   Bergamasco, A ^j   Cardin, V ^c   Carniel, S ^j   Civitarese, G ^c   D'Ortenzio, F ^p   Font, J ^e   Garcia Ladona, E ^e   Garcia Lafuente, J M ^q   Gogou, A ^m   Gregoire, M ^r   Hainbucher, D ^s   Kontoyannis, H ^m   Kovacevic, V ^c   Kraskapoulou, E ^m   Kroskos, G ^m   Incarbona, A ^t   Mazzocchi, M G ^h   Orlic, M ^u   Ozsoy, E ^g   Pascual, A ^v   Poulain, P M ^c   Roether, W ⁱ   Rubino, A ^w   Schroeder, K ^j   Siokou Frangou, J ^m   Souvermezoglou, E ^m   Sprovieri, M ^x   Tintore J ^v   Triantafyllou, G ^m   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^g MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^j INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^l GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^m INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

ⁿ INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^o BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^p LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^s UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^v INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^w CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^x CNR   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ITALY; LAZIO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84900416179     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-281-2014     Document Type: Article

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