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Long-distance particle transport to the central Ionian Sea
Léo Berline
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD,
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), 13288, Marseille, France
Andrea Michelangelo Doglioli
Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD,
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), 13288, Marseille, France
Anne Petrenko
Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD,
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), 13288, Marseille, France
Stéphanie Barrillon
Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD,
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), 13288, Marseille, France
Boris Espinasse
Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of
Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Frederic A. C. Le Moigne
Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD,
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), 13288, Marseille, France
François Simon-Bot
Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD,
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), 13288, Marseille, France
Melilotus Thyssen
Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD,
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), 13288, Marseille, France
François Carlotti
Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD,
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), 13288, Marseille, France
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While the Ionian Sea is considered a nutrient-depleted and low-phytoplankton biomass area, it is a crossroad for water mass circulation. In the central Ionian Sea, we observed a strong contrast in particle distribution across a ~100 km long transect. Using remote sensing and Lagrangian simulations, we suggest that this contrast finds its origin in the long-distance transport of particles from the north, west and east of the Ionian Sea, where phytoplankton production was more intense.
While the Ionian Sea is considered a nutrient-depleted and low-phytoplankton biomass area, it is...
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