Morán, Xosé Anxelu G.Barbosa, Ana B.Revilla, MartaBode, AntonioOrive, EmmaSoudant, Dominique2012-11-292012-11-292012-08Xosé Anxelu G. Morán, Ana B. Barbosa, Marta Revilla, Antonio Bode, Emma Orive and Dominique Soudant (coordenadores), 2012. Chapter 8. Phytoplankton and Microbial Plankton of the Bay of Biscay and Western Iberian Shelf. In: ICES Phytoplankton and Microbial Plankton Status Report 2009/2010, O’Brien, T.D., Li, W.G. and Moran, X.L. (Eds.), ICES Cooperative Research Report, No. 313, 114 – 135 pp.1017-6195SBN 978-87-7482-115-1AUT: ABA00694;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1911The region of the Northeast Atlantic represents a gradient between two oceanographic regimes: (i) the subtropical waters of southern Portugal and southwestern Spain, and (ii) the temperate waters characterizing the northwestern and northern Iberian coasts (Cantabrian Sea) and the rest of the Bay of Biscay along the French coast.engPlanktonic microbesPlanktonHeterotrophic bacterioplanktonTime seriesInterannual variabilityClimate changeBay of BiscayWestern Iberian Shelfreport