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Mercado JM, Cortes D, Ramirez T et al (2012) Decadal weakening of the wind-induced upwelling
reduces the impact of nutrient pollution in the Bay of Málaga (western Mediterranean Sea).
Hydrobiologia 680(1):91–107
Mercado JM, Sala I, Salles S et al (2014) Effects of community composition and size structure on
light absorption and nutrient uptake of phytoplankton in contrasting areas of the Alboran Sea.
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 499:47–64
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Minas HJ, Coste B, Le Corre P et al (1991) Biological and geochemical signatures associated with
the water circulation through the Strait of Gibraltar and in the western Alboran Sea. J Geophys
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Morán XAG, Estrada M (2001) Short-term variability of photosynthetic parameters and particulate
and dissolved primary production in the Alboran sea (SW Mediterranean). Mar Ecol Prog Ser
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Morel A, Andre JM (1991) Pigment distribution and primary production in the western Mediterranean as derived and modelled from Coastal Zone Color Scanner observations. J Geophys Res
96(C7):12685–12698
Moutin T, Raimbault P (2002) Primary production, carbon export and nutrients availability in
western and eastern Mediterranean Sea in early summer 1996 (MINOS cruise). J Mar Syst
33-34:273–288
Muñoz M, Reul A, Vargas-Yáñez M et al (2017) Fertilization and connectivity in the Garrucha
Canyon (SE-Spain) implications for Marine Spatial Planning. Mar Environ Res 126:45–68
Nakicenovic N, Swart R (eds) (2000) Special Report on Emissions Scenarios. A Special Report of
Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge
Navarro G, Vazquez A, Macías D et al (2011) Understanding the patterns of biological response to
physical forcing in the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean). Geophys Res Lett 38:L23606.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049708
Nelson DM, Dortch Q (1996) Silicic acid depletion and silicon limitation in the plume of the
Mississippi River: evidence from kinetic studies in spring and summer. Mar Ecol Prog Ser
136:163–178
Oguz T, Macias D, Garcia-Lafuente J et al (2014) Fueling plankton production by a meandering
frontal jet: a case study for the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean). PLoS One 9(11):e111482.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111482
Orr J, Fabry V, Aumont O et al (2005) Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty first
century and its impact on calcifying organisms. Nature 437:681–686
Packard TT, Minas HJ, Costé B et al (1988) Formation of the Alboran oxygen minimum zone.
Deep-Sea Res 35(7):1111–1118
Padorno E, Aznar R, Álvarez-Fanjul E et al (2012) Impact of climate change scenarios in the
Mediterranean Sea from a regional ocean model. Geophys Res Abst 14:EGU2012-8932
Parrilla G, Kinder TH (1987) Oceanografía física del mar de Alborán. Bol Inst Esp Oceanogr
4:133–165
Parrilla G, Kinder TH, Preller R (1986) Deep and intermediate Mediterranean Water in the western
Alboran Sea. Deep-Sea Res 33(1):55–88
Pasqueron de Fommervault O (2015) Dynamique des nutriments en Méditerranée : des campagnes
océanographiques aux flotteurs Bio-Argo. Océanographie. Thèse de doctorat. Océanographie.
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI
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communities of the northwest Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Prog Oceanogr 74
(2–3):273–293
Mercado JM, Ramírez T, Cortés D et al (2008) Partitioning the effects of changes in nitrate
availability and phytoplankton community structure on relative nitrate uptake. Mar Ecol Prog
Ser 359:51–68
Mercado JM, Cortes D, Ramirez T et al (2012) Decadal weakening of the wind-induced upwelling
reduces the impact of nutrient pollution in the Bay of Málaga (western Mediterranean Sea).
Hydrobiologia 680(1):91–107
Mercado JM, Sala I, Salles S et al (2014) Effects of community composition and size structure on
light absorption and nutrient uptake of phytoplankton in contrasting areas of the Alboran Sea.
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 499:47–64
Millot C (1999) Circulation in the western Mediterranean Sea. J Mar Syst 20(1–4):423–442
Minas HJ, Coste B, Le Corre P et al (1991) Biological and geochemical signatures associated with
the water circulation through the Strait of Gibraltar and in the western Alboran Sea. J Geophys
Res 96(C5):8755–8771
Morán XAG, Estrada M (2001) Short-term variability of photosynthetic parameters and particulate
and dissolved primary production in the Alboran sea (SW Mediterranean). Mar Ecol Prog Ser
212:53–67
Morel A, Andre JM (1991) Pigment distribution and primary production in the western Mediterranean as derived and modelled from Coastal Zone Color Scanner observations. J Geophys Res
96(C7):12685–12698
Moutin T, Raimbault P (2002) Primary production, carbon export and nutrients availability in
western and eastern Mediterranean Sea in early summer 1996 (MINOS cruise). J Mar Syst
33-34:273–288
Muñoz M, Reul A, Vargas-Yáñez M et al (2017) Fertilization and connectivity in the Garrucha
Canyon (SE-Spain) implications for Marine Spatial Planning. Mar Environ Res 126:45–68
Nakicenovic N, Swart R (eds) (2000) Special Report on Emissions Scenarios. A Special Report of
Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge
Navarro G, Vazquez A, Macías D et al (2011) Understanding the patterns of biological response to
physical forcing in the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean). Geophys Res Lett 38:L23606.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049708
Nelson DM, Dortch Q (1996) Silicic acid depletion and silicon limitation in the plume of the
Mississippi River: evidence from kinetic studies in spring and summer. Mar Ecol Prog Ser
136:163–178
Oguz T, Macias D, Garcia-Lafuente J et al (2014) Fueling plankton production by a meandering
frontal jet: a case study for the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean). PLoS One 9(11):e111482.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111482
Orr J, Fabry V, Aumont O et al (2005) Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty first
century and its impact on calcifying organisms. Nature 437:681–686
Packard TT, Minas HJ, Costé B et al (1988) Formation of the Alboran oxygen minimum zone.
Deep-Sea Res 35(7):1111–1118
Padorno E, Aznar R, Álvarez-Fanjul E et al (2012) Impact of climate change scenarios in the
Mediterranean Sea from a regional ocean model. Geophys Res Abst 14:EGU2012-8932
Parrilla G, Kinder TH (1987) Oceanografía física del mar de Alborán. Bol Inst Esp Oceanogr
4:133–165
Parrilla G, Kinder TH, Preller R (1986) Deep and intermediate Mediterranean Water in the western
Alboran Sea. Deep-Sea Res 33(1):55–88
Pasqueron de Fommervault O (2015) Dynamique des nutriments en Méditerranée : des campagnes
océanographiques aux flotteurs Bio-Argo. Océanographie. Thèse de doctorat. Océanographie.
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI
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