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Biogeosciences 9(1):217–233
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Mediterranean Sea: a modeling approach. Deep-Sea Res I 108:39–52
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related to trans-frontal dynamics of the Almeria-Oran frontal system (western Mediterranean
Sea) during winter. J Geophys Res 109:C07010. https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JC001878
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ocean: the highly diverse, highly impacted Mediterranean Sea. Trends Ecol Evol 25:250–260
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Eos Trans AGU 93(10):105–106
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Sea. Deep-Sea Res 35(5):793–810
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the North-western Alboran Sea (southern Spain) and related biological patterns. Estuar Coast
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fixation rates in relation to hydrodynamic and phytoplankton dynamics. Estuar Coast Shelf S 83
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scenario for the anchovy fishery in the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean): a modelling study. J
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twenty-first century in response to changes in the regional atmospheric forcing. Front Mar Sci
2:79. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2015.00079
Macías D, Stips A, Garcia-Gorriz E et al (2018) Hydrological and biogeochemical response of the
Mediterranean Sea to freshwater flow changes for the end of the 21st century. PLoS ONE 13(2):
e0192174. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192174
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of marine phytoplankton. Deep Sea Res 16(1):47–58
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the Mediterranean regions: an important tool to trace the climatology of water masses and to
validate incoming data from operational oceanography. J Mar Syst 48(1–4):83–116
Mariotti A, Zeng N, Yoon JH et al (2008) Mediterranean water cycle changes: transition to drier
21st century conditions in observations and CMIP3 simulations. Environ Res Lett 3(4):044001.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/044001
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midst of decadal variability. Clim Dyn 44(5–6):1437–1456
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coccolith thinning in the Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences 11:2857–2869
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