Interannual variability in the mesoscale distribution of the depth of the upper boundary of the oxygen minimum layer off northern Chile (18-24S): Implications for the pelagic system and biogeochemical cycling

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 909-932

  Morales, Carmen E ^a   Hormazábal, Samuel E ^a,b   Blanco, José Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTO DE FOMENTO PESQUERO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHILE; DENITRIFICATION; EL NINO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PERU; THERMOCLINE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DEPTH; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM;

CHILE; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0343293852     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224099321514097     Document Type: Article

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