Contrasts in sedimentation flux below the southern California Current in late 1996 and during the El Niño event of 1997-1998

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 575-587

  Silverberg, Norman ^a   Martínez, Aida ^a   Aguíñiga, Sergio ^a   Carriquiry, José D ^b   Romero, Nancy ^a   Shumilin, Evgeni ^a   Cota, Soledad ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California; San L zaro Basin; Sediment trap; Settling particles; Soledad Basin; Time series

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 12144291557     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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