@book{JRC42087,
	editor = {},
	address = {Monaco (Principality of Monaco)},
	year = {2007},
	author = {Barale V},
	isbn = {},
	abstract = {Assessments of SeaWiFS-derived (1998-2003) chlorophyll-like pigment concentration (Chl) were used to survey phytoplankton growth
		patterns in the Mediterranean Sea. The Chl average basin value, computed from yearly and monthly mean images, shows a decreasing
		trend, modulated by bimodal seasonal patterns, with maxima in late winter and minima in late summer. Chl anomalies, computed as the
		normalized difference between yearly/monthly means and corresponding climatology, become smaller with time over most of the basin.
		Both these elements point to a decrease of blooming intensity in the period considered, suggesting a more stable stratification and a reduced nutrient input by vertical mixing in the basin, in line with its reported warming trend. Larger and larger anomalies appear in hot spots along the Catalan and the Egyptian-Israeli-Lebanese coast, possibly owing to local factors such increased runoff.
		},
	title = {Phytoplankton Blooming in the Mediterranean Sea as Seen by SeaWiFS (1998-2003)},
	url = {},
	volume = {},
	number = {},
	journal = {},
	pages = {346},
	issn = {},
	publisher = {Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranee (CIESM)},
	doi = {}
}