Temporal variability of nutrient concentrations in the northwestern Mediterranean sea (DYFAMED time-series station)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Pasqueron de Fommervault, Orens ^a,b,c   Migon, Christophe ^a,b   D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a,b   Ribera d'Alcalà, Maurizio ^d   Coppola, Laurent ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c ACRI ST   (France)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

DYFAMED; Northwestern Mediterranean; Nutrients; Time series

Indexed keywords

NITRATES; OCEANOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SILICATES; SILICON; TIME SERIES;

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DYFAMED; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION;

NUTRIENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER INPUT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPEN OCEAN; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE; SURFACE LAYER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WATER MASS;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84924072143     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.02.006     Document Type: Review

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