Ocean surface partitioning strategies using ocean colour remote Sensing: A review

LA Krug, T Platt, S Sathyendranath… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
The ocean surface is organized into regions with distinct properties reflecting the complexity
of interactions between environmental forcing and biological responses. The delineation of …

Productivity changes in the Mediterranean Sea for the twenty-first century in response to changes in the regional atmospheric forcing

DM Macias, E Garcia-Gorriz, A Stips - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The Mediterranean Sea is considered as a hotspot for climate change because of its
location in the temperate region and because it is a semi-enclosed basin surrounded by …

Understanding the causes of recent warming of Mediterranean waters. How much could be attributed to climate change?

D Macias, E Garcia-Gorriz, A Stips - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
During the past two decades, Mediterranean waters have been warming at a rather high rate
resulting in scientific and social concern. This warming trend is observed in satellite data …

Patterns of chlorophyll interannual variability in Mediterranean biogeographical regions

G Basterretxea, JS Font-Muñoz… - Remote sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea exhibits a strong basin and regional scale phytoplankton
variability correlated to its semi-enclosed nature, complex orography and the variety of …

Meteorologically-induced mesoscale variability of the North-western Alboran Sea (southern Spain) and related biological patterns

D Macías, M Bruno, F Echevarría, A Vázquez… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Hydrographic mesoscale structures in the North-western Alboran Sea show a high variability
induced by a number of different factors. One of the most important is the differences in …

The biogeochemical context of marine planktonic ecosystems

T Ramírez, M Muñoz, A Reul… - … Sea-Ecosystems and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Alboran Sea is the first Mediterranean basin where the modified Surface
Atlantic Waters and the subsurface Mediterranean waters meet and mix before they continue …

Climatic control of upwelling variability along the western North-American coast

D Macias, MR Landry, A Gershunov, AJ Miller… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The high biological production of the California Current System (CCS) results from the
seasonal development of equatorward alongshore winds that drive coastal upwelling. While …

The seasonal cycle of the Atlantic Jet dynamics in the Alboran Sea: direct atmospheric forcing versus Mediterranean thermohaline circulation

D Macias, E Garcia-Gorriz, A Stips - Ocean Dynamics, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Jet (AJ) is the inflow of Atlantic surface waters into the Mediterranean
Sea. This geostrophically adjusted jet fluctuates in a wide range of temporal scales from tidal …

Internal waves and short‐scale distribution patterns of chlorophyll in the Strait of Gibraltar and Alborán Sea

A Vázquez, S Flecha, M Bruno… - Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A selection of ASAR images have been analyzed, together with instantaneous images of
surface chlorophyll recorded with MERIS and MODIS, in order to study the relationship …

Unravelling region-specific environmental drivers of phytoplankton across a complex marine domain (off SW Iberia)

LA Krug, T Platt, S Sathyendranath… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Phytoplankton, the dominant marine primary producers, are considered to be highly
sensitive indicators of ecosystem condition and change. The southwest area off the Iberian …