Multiannual trends in fronts and distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll in the southwestern Atlantic (30-62°S)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1015-1033

  Brandini, Frederico Pereira ^a   Boltovskoy, Demetrio ^b   Piola, Alberto ^b,c   Kocmur, Santiago ^b   Röttgers, Rüdiger ^d   Cesar Abreu, Paulo ^e   Mendes Lopes, Rubens ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil Malvinas Confluence Zone; Chlorophyll; Nutrients; Polar front; Southwestern Atlantic; Thermal fronts

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL; FRONT; HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034082650     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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