Drivers of the winter–spring phytoplankton bloom in a pristine NW Mediterranean site, the Bay of Calvi (Corsica): A long-term study (1979–2011)

Progress in Oceanography - Tập 137 - Trang 121-139 - 2015
Anne Goffart1, Jean-Henri Hecq1, Louis Legendre2,3
1University of Liège, Laboratory of Oceanology, MARE Centre, B6c, 15 allée du 6 août, 4000 Liège Sart-Tilman, Belgium
2Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 7093, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
3CNRS, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire océanologique, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

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