Cascades in Mediterranean Submarine Grand Canyons

Cascades in Mediterranean Submarine Grand Canyons

Continuous monitoring of water-column and near-bottom hydrosedimentary processes in the Mediterranean Sea over the last 15 years has resulted in a novel view of the functioning of this land-locked sea. Destratification of the water column and fast, dense, organic-matter-rich, and sediment-laden near...

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Main Authors: Miquel Canals, Roberto Danovaro, Serge Heussner, Vasilios Lykousis, Pere Puig, Fabio Trincardi, Antoni M. Calafat, Xavier Durrieu de Madron, Albert Palanques, Anna Sànchez-Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2009-03-01
Series:Oceanography
Subjects:
HERMES
Mediterranean Sea
dense shelf water
deepwater mass formation
trophic cascade
spring phytoplankon bloom
Gulf of Lion
Adriatic
Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/22-1_canals.pdf

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