The annual cycle and biological effects of the Costa Rica Dome

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 321-338

  Fiedler, Paul C ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual variations; Biological production; Ekman pumping; Equatorial circulation; Thermocline; Trade winds

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; JETS; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STRESSES; WIND;

THERMOCLINE RIDGES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; DOME; EKMAN PUMPING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOCLINE; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; SESBANIA SERICEA;

EID: 0036159888     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(01)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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