Productivity changes in the Mediterranean Sea for the twenty-first century in response to changes in the regional atmospheric forcing

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Macias, Diego M ^a   Garcia Gorriz, Elisa ^a   Stips, Adolf ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Marine biological production; Mediterranean Sea; Modeling; Surface properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008704739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00079     Document Type: Article

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