General direction of major currents for the zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea (without taking into account the seasonal fluctuations)

General direction of major currents for the zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

(without taking into account the seasonal fluctuations)

1 : Surface currents of Atlantic origin

2 : Intermediate Eastern Waters running to Black Sea and Western Basin, deep northern water flowing to the south of the Western Basin and Lusitanian Current West of Gibraltar

3 : Diluted waters (Rhône Outflow, Countercurrent of Languedoc, Current of North Adriatic Water, Nile Outflow, surface outflow of Black Sea)

4 : Eastern deepflow

5 : Downwellings

6 : Zone of divergences

7 : Areas of accumulation of Atlantic Water

Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Razouls C., Desreumaux N., Kouwenberg J. and de Bovée F., 2005-2025. - Biodiversity of Marine Planktonic Copepods (morphology, geographical distribution and biological data). Sorbonne University, CNRS. Available at http://copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr/en [Accessed March 03, 2025]