Plankton in the open Mediterranean Sea: a review

I Siokou-Frangou, U Christaki, MG Mazzocchi… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
We present an overview of the plankton studies conducted during the last 25 years in the
epipelagic offshore waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This quasi-enclosed sea is …

Eutrophication and environmental policy in the Mediterranean Sea: a review

M Karydis, D Kitsiou - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is a semienclosed basin connected with the open sea
mainly through the Strait of Gibraltar. Due to the circulation pattern and the long residence …

Major outputs of the recent multidisciplinary biogeochemical researches undertaken in the Aegean Sea

V Lykousis, G Chronis, A Tselepides, NB Price… - Journal of Marine …, 2002 - Elsevier
The main outputs of a multidisciplinary and integrated studies are summarised. The results
incorporate the latest biogeochemical researches, at basin scale, in the Aegean Sea …

Phytoplankton size-based dynamics in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

L Ignatiades, S Psarra, V Zervakis, K Pagou… - Journal of Marine …, 2002 - Elsevier
This study represents one component of the large MTP-II-MATER (MAST-III) multidisiplinary
project in the Mediterranean supported by EU. Data were collected during three cruises …

Hydrology and circulation in the North Aegean (eastern Mediterranean) throughout 1997 and 1998

V Zervakis, D Georgopoulos - Mediterranean …, 2002 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
The combination of two research projects offered us the opportunity to perform a
comprehensive study of the seasonal evolution of the hydrological structure and the …

Biogeochemical and physical controls on concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and plankton of the Mediterranean and Black Seas

N Berrojalbiz, J Dachs, MJ Ojeda… - Global …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean and Black Seas are unique marine environments subject to important
anthropogenic pressures due to atmospheric and riverine inputs of organic pollutants. They …

[HTML][HTML] Aegean surface circulation from a satellite-tracked drifter array

DB Olson, VH Kourafalou, WE Johns… - Journal of Physical …, 2007 - journals.ametsoc.org
Karageorgis, A., 1995: Integration of remote sensing, in situ observations and numerical
modelling, applied to the north-east Atlantic. Tech. Rep. TM/95/R/01, Ecole des Mines de …

Food-web traits of the North Aegean Sea ecosystem (Eastern Mediterranean) and comparison with other Mediterranean ecosystems

K Tsagarakis, M Coll, M Giannoulaki… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2010 - Elsevier
A mass-balance trophic model was built to describe the food-web traits of the North Aegean
Sea (Strymonikos Gulf and Thracian Sea, Greece, Eastern Mediterranean) during the mid …

Regionalisation of the Mediterranean basin, a MERMEX synthesis

SD Ayata, JO Irisson, A Aubert, L Berline… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Regionalisation aims at delimiting provinces within which physical conditions, chemical
properties, and biological communities are reasonably homogeneous. This article proposes …

Phytoplankton dynamics and bloom formation in the oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean: Field studies in the Aegean, Levantine and Ionian seas

I Varkitzi, S Psarra, G Assimakopoulou… - Deep Sea Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study attempts to elucidate the dynamics of phytoplankton biomass (as Chl-a),
productivity, community structure and bloom formation in different regions of the oligotrophic …