Seasonal variability of nutrient concentrations in the Mediterranean Sea: Contribution of Bio-Argo floats

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8528-8550

  Pasqueron De Fommervault, Orens ^a,b,c   D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a,b   Mangin, Antoine ^c   Serra, Romain ^c   Migon, Christophe ^a,b   Claustre, Hervé ^a,b   Lavigne, Héloïse ^d   Ribera D'Alcalà, Maurizio ^e   Prieur, Louis ^a,b   Taillandier, Vincent ^a,b   Schmechtig, Catherine ^a,b   Poteau, Antoine ^a,b   Leymarie, Edouard ^a,b   Dufour, Aurélie ^a,b   Besson, Florent ^a,b   Obolensky, Grigor ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c ACRI   (France)

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

^e STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

calibration; Mediterranean Sea; mesoscale; nutrients; profiling floats; seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

ARGO; BASIN; CALIBRATION; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84957966485     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011103     Document Type: Article

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