The Effect of Vertical Mixing on Primary Production in a Bay of the Gulf of California

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-148

  Delgadillo Hinojosa, F ^a   Gaxiola Castro, G ^b   Segovia Zavala, J A ^a   Munoz Barbosa A ^a   Orozco Borbon M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Inorganic nutrients; Primary production; Short term variability; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

BAY DYNAMICS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIXING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

BAHIA DE LOS ANGELES; BAJA CALIFORNIA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO; PACIFIC;

EID: 0031193998     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0167     Document Type: Article

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