Alongshore and temporal variability in chlorophyll a concentration in Chilean nearshore waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 249, Issue , 2003, Pages 93-105

  Wieters, Evie A ^a   Kaplan, D M ^a,d   Navarrete, S A ^a   Sotomayor, A ^a   Largier, J ^b   Nielsen, K J ^c   Veliz F ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chl a; Nearshore oceanography; Phytoplankton; Upwelling; Upwelling shadow

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

(SOUTHEAST); CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 0037430017     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps249093     Document Type: Article

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