Biogeochemical control of marine productivity in the Mediterranean Sea during the last 50 years

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 897-907

  Macias, Diego ^a   Garcia Gorriz, Elisa ^a   Piroddi, Chiara ^a   Stips, Adolf ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

biogeochemical cycles; bottom up control; Mediterranean Sea; numerical modeling; riverine nutrient loads

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; EXPLOITATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SIGNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84906531775     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004846     Document Type: Article

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