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18 Aug 2014
Research article |
| 18 Aug 2014
Computation of a new mean dynamic topography for the Mediterranean Sea from model outputs, altimeter measurements and oceanographic in situ data
M.-H. Rio
CLS Space Oceanography Division, Ramonville-Ste Agne, France
A. Pascual
IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
P.-M. Poulain
OGS, Trieste, Italy
M. Menna
OGS, Trieste, Italy
B. Barceló
IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
J. Tintoré
IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
SOCIB, Palma, Spain
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Transit and residence times in the Adriatic Sea surface as derived from drifter data and Lagrangian numerical simulations
Surface circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean using drifters (2005–2007)
Roberta Sciascia, Maristella Berta, Daniel F. Carlson, Annalisa Griffa, Monica Panfili, Mario La Mesa, Lorenzo Corgnati, Carlo Mantovani, Elisa Domenella, Erick Fredj, Marcello G. Magaldi, Raffaele D'Adamo, Gianfranco Pazienza, Enrico Zambianchi, and Pierre-Marie Poulain
Ocean Sci., 14, 1461–1482, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1461-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1461-2018, 2018
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Understanding the role of ocean currents in the recruitment of commercially important fish is an important step toward developing sustainable resource management guidelines. Here, we attempt to elucidate the role of surface ocean transport in supplying recruits of European sardines to the Gulf of Manfredonia, a known recruitment area in the Adriatic Sea. We find that transport to the Gulf of Manfredonia from remote spawing areas in the Adriatic is more likely than local spawning and retention.
M. Menna and P.-M. Poulain
Ocean Sci., 10, 155–165, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-155-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-155-2014, 2014
P.-M. Poulain and S. Hariri
Ocean Sci., 9, 713–720, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-713-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-713-2013, 2013
R. Gerin, P.-M. Poulain, I. Taupier-Letage, C. Millot, S. Ben Ismail, and C. Sammari
Ocean Sci., 5, 559–574, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-559-2009, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-559-2009, 2009
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