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of the Mediterranean Sea in an ensemble of coupled atmosphere–ocean regional climate models.
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and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean. Prog Oceanogr 91(2):97–166
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structure of future phytoplankton communities. Nat Clim Change 5:1002–1006
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Gibraltar. Deep-Sea Res II 49:4115–4130
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Garcia-Gorriz E, Carr ME (1999) The climatological annual cycle of satellite derived phytoplankton pigments in the Alboran Sea. Geophys Res Lett 26(19):2985–2988
Garcia-Gorriz E, Carr ME (2001) Physical control of phytoplankton distributions in the Alboran
Sea: a numerical and satellite approach. J Geophys Res 106(16):795–805
García-Martínez MC, Vargas-Yáñez M, Moya F et al (2017) The effects of climate change and
rivers damming in the Mediterranean sea during the twentieth century. Int J Environ Sci Nat Res
8(4):555741. https://doi.org/10.19080/IJESNR.2018.08.555741
García-Martínez MC, Vargas-Yáñez M, Moya F et al (2019) Average nutrient and chlorophyll
distributions in the western Mediterranean: RADMED project. Oceanologia 61(1):143–169
Gascard JC, Richez C (1985) Water masses and circulation in the western Alboran Sea and in the
Straits of Gibraltar. Prog Oceanogr 15(3):157–216
Gil J, Gomis D (1994) Circulación geostrófica, dinámica de mesoescala y fertilización de los niveles
superficiales en el sector norte del mar de Alborán. Julio 1991. Bol Inst Esp Oceanogr 10
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Gómez F, Gonzalez N, Echevarría F et al (2000) Distribution and fluxes of dissolved nutrients in the
Strait of Gibraltar and its relationships to microphytoplankton biomass. Estuar Coast Shelf S 51
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Gómez F, Gorsky G, Striby L et al (2001) Small-scale temporal variations in biogeochemical
features in the Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean side-the role of NACW and the interface
oscillation. J Mar Syst 30(3–4):207–220
240
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