Seasonal and interannual variability of dissolved oxygen around the Balearic Islands from hydrographic data

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-62

  Balbin R ^a   Lopez Jurado J L ^a   Aparicio Gonzalez A ^a   Serra, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic sea; Dissolved oxygen; Ocean circulation; Water masses; Western Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OCEAN HABITATS;

BALEARIC SEA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATERS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; WATER MASS; WESTERN INTERMEDIATE WATERS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPERSATURATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MASS;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84906788802     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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