Capítol 4. Composition and variability of fluxes in the Western Alboran Sea 99 CAPÍTOL 4 COMPOSITION AND SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF PARTICLE FLUXES IN THE WESTERN ALBORAN GYRE, MEDITERRANEAN SEA J. Fabres 1 , A. Calafat 1 , A. Sanchez-Vidal 1 , M. Canals 1 and S. Heussner 2 1 GRC Geociències Marines, Dept. de Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain 2 CEntre de Formation et Recherche sur l’Environment Marin, CNRS - UMR 5110, Université de Perpignan, F-66860, Perpignan, France * Corresponding author: Tel +34-934021360; Fax +34-934021340. E-mail address: tonim@natura.geo.ub.es (A. Calafat) Journal of Marine Systems 33- 34, 431– 456 (2002) Received 12 January 2001; Accepted 1 June 2001 © Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. 0924-7963/02/$ doi:10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00070-2