Atmospheric input of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus to the Ligurian Sea: Data from the Cap Ferrat coastal time-series station

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-125

  de Fommervault, Orens Pasqueron ^a,b,c   Migon, Christophe ^a,b   Dufour, Aurélie ^a,b   D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a,b   Kessouri, Fayçal ^d   Raimbault, Patrick ^e   Garcia, Nicole ^e   Lagadec, Véronique ^e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c ACRI ST   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATES; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENT INPUTS; SAMPLING STATIONS; WATER COLUMNS; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER CONVECTION;

NUTRIENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; CAP FERRET CANYON; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84945946248     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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