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Oceanogr 20(2):242–263
Pinot JM, Ganachaud A (1999) The role of Winter Intermediate Water in the spring-summer
circulation of the Balearic Sea. Part 1. Hydrography and inverse modelling. J Geophys Res
104(C12):29843–29864
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seasonal and mesoscale variability of the circulation in the Balearic channels. Prog Oceanogr 55
(3–4):335–370
Powley HR, Krom MD, Van Cappellen P (2018) Phosphorus and nitrogen trajectories in the
Mediterranean Sea (1950-2030): understanding basin-wide anthropogenic nutrient enrichment.
Progr Oceanogr 162:257–270
Prieto L, García CM, Corzo A et al (1999) Phytoplankton, bacterioplankton and nitrate reductase
activity distribution in relation to physical structure in the northern Alnoran Sea and Gula of
Cádiz (southern Iberian Peninsula). Bol Inst Esp Oceanogr 15(1–4):401–411
Prieur L, Sournia A (1994) “Almofront-1” (April–May 1991): an interdisciplinary study of the
Almeria-Oran geostrophic front, SW Mediterranean Sea. J Mar Syst 5(3–5):187–203
Ramírez T (2007) Variabilidad hidrológica y dinámica biogeoquímica en el sector noroccidental del
mar de Alborán. Universidad de Málaga, Tésis Doctoral
Ramírez T, Cortés D, Mercado JM et al (2005) Seasonal dynamics of inorganic nutrients and
phytoplankton biomass in the NW Alboran Sea. Estuar Coast Shelf S 65(4):654–670
Ramírez T, Liger E, Mercado JM et al (2006) Respiratory ETS activity of plankton in the
northwestern Alboran Sea: seasonal variability and relationship with hydrological and biological features. J Plankton Res 28(7):629–641
Ramírez-Romero E, Macías D, García CM et al (2014) Biogeochemical patterns in the Atlantic
Inflow through the Strait of Gibraltar. Deep-Sea Res I 85:88–100
Redfield AC, Ketchum BH, Richards FA (1963) The influence of organisms on the composition of
sea-water. In: Hill MN (ed) The sea, vol 2. Wiley, New York, pp 26–77
Reid PC, Fischer AC, Lewis-Brown E et al (2009) Impacts of the oceans on climate change. In:
Sims DW (ed) Advances in marine biology, vol 56. Elsevier, pp 1–156
Renault L, Oguz T, Pascual A et al (2012) Surface circulation in the Alborán Sea (western
Mediterranean) inferred from remotely sensed data. J Geophys Res 117:C08009. https://doi.
org/10.3354/ab00585
Reul A, Rodríguez V, Jiménez-Gómez F et al (2005) Variability in the spatio-temporal distribution
and size-structure of phytoplankton across an upwelling area in the NW-Alboran Sea,
(W-Mediterranean). Cont Shelf Res 25(5–6):589–608
Reul A, Muñoz M, Bautista B et al (2014) Effect of CO2, nutrients and light on coastal plankton III
Trophic cascade, size structure and composition. Aquat Biol 22:59–76
Ribera d’Alcalà M, Civitarese G, Conversano F et al (2003) Nutrient ratios and fluxes hint at
overlooked processes in the Mediterranean. J Geophys Res 108(C9):8106. https://doi.org/10.
1029/2002JC001650
Richon C, Dutay JC, Dulac F et al (2018) Modeling the biogeochemical impact of atmospheric
phosphate deposition from desert dust and combustion sources to the Mediterranean Sea.
Biogeosciences 15(8):2499–2524
Rodríguez J, Blanco JM, Jímenez-Gómez F et al (1998) Patterns in the size structure of the
phytoplankton community in the deep fluorescence maximum of the Alboran Sea (southwestern
Mediterranean). Deep-Sea Res I 45:1577–1593
Roether W, Klein B, Manca BB et al (2007) Transient Eastern Mediterranean deep waters in
response to massive dense-water output of the Aegean Sea in the 1990s. Progr Oceanogr 74
(4):540–571
Roether W, Klein B, Hainbucher D (2014) The Eastern Mediterranean Transient. Evidence for
similar events previously? In: Borzelli GL, Gačić M, Lionello P et al (eds) The Mediterranean
Sea: temporal variability and spatial patterns. Geophysical monograph series, vol 202. Wiley,
New York, pp 75–83
244
T. Ramírez et al.