Interannual thermohaline (1979–2014) and nutrient (2002–2014) dynamics in the Levantine surface and intermediate water masses, SE Mediterranean Sea

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 151, Issue , 2017, Pages 60-67

  Ozer, Tal ^a,b   Gertman, Isaac ^a   Kress, Nurit ^a   Silverman, Jacob ^a   Herut, Barak ^a,b  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Long term trend; Mediterranean; Nutrients; Salinity; Seawater; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS; BIMODAL OSCILLATIONS; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; LONG-TERM TREND; MEDITERRANEAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SALINITY;

NUTRIENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84963959649     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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