Cold-water coral mounds are key hot-spots of deep ocean biodiversity and also important
archives of past climatic conditions. Nonetheless, the paleo-oceanographic setting in which …

The Mediterranean is globally considered an oligotrophic sea. However, there are some
places or certain seasons in which mechanisms that enhance fertility may occur. These …

The oceanography of the Alboran Sea (AS) has been the subject of intensive research for
decades. Chief among the reasons for this interest is the variety of physical processes taking …

Data from a mooring line deployed midway between the Alboran Island and Cape Tres
Forcas are used to study the time variability of the Alboran Sea from May 1997 to May 1998 …

Scleractinian cold-water coral (CWC) reefs are key habitats for benthic fauna as they
enhance spatial heterogeneity and biodiversity. Understanding their environmental and …

The role of internal waves in the sediment dynamics of the northwestern Alboran continental
slope was investigated in a selected area around the Guadiaro submarine canyon …

The seasonal dynamics of inorganic nutrients and phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll a),
and its relation with hydrological features, was studied in the NW Alboran Sea during four …

A north–south transect crossing the quasi-permanent upwelling area and the front which
usually occupies the north-western part of the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean) was …

A new mound field, the West Melilla mounds, interpreted as being cold-water coral mounds,
has been recently unveiled along the upper slope of the Mediterranean Moroccan …

Primary productivity of the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean) is reconstructed for the
time interval 48,000 to 28,000 years BP using the following geochemical proxies: calcium …