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| Pancuccipapadopoulou, Ma; Siokoufrangou, I; Theocharis, A; Georgopoulos, D. |
| Zooplankton composition and vertical distribution, and its relation to the hydrological regime are studied in the NW Levantine and SE Aegean Seas. The area is characterized by intense sub-basin and mesoscale variability. Various gyres and eddies as well as currents and jets affect the vertical and horizontal transport of the identified water masses. Furthermore, in late winter LIW is generated exclusively in this region of the Eastern Mediterranean, mainly in the Rhodes cyclonic gyre and to a lesser extent in the Cretan Sea. Generally, zooplankton density and taxa numbers decreased with depth. Four groups of copepod species were distinguished according to their vertical distribution: epipelagic, epi-mesopelagic, mesopelagic and bathypelagic. From 0-500 m,... |
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| Ano: 1992 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00100/21170/18788.pdf |
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| Theodorou, A; Theocharis, A; Balopoulos, Efstathios. |
| This paper presents the qualitative circulation patterns of the ''upper'' and ''deeper'' layers in the Cretan Sea and its environs in late winter 1994. The qualitative aspects of the flow field were determined primarily by the distribution of salinity on appropriate neutral surfaces and were supported by dynamic inferences. Water circulation presented a complex pattern, characterized by various sub-basin and mesoscale cylonic and anticyclonic gyres and smaller-scale eddies. An interesting finding was the presence of an eastward current meandering north of Crete, in the South Aegean Sea. Another interesting finding was the spreading in the opposite direction - westward - of the high-salinity Cretan Deep Water. The latter appeared to follow broadly the... |
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| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20416/18083.pdf |
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