Influence of coastal upwelling and El Niño-Southern Oscillation on nearshore water along Baja California and Chile: Shore-based monitoring during 1997-2000

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Takesue, Renee K ^a   van Geen, Alexander ^a   Carriquiry, José D ^b   Ortiz, Eduardo ^b   Godínez Orta, Lucio ^c   Granados, Ivette ^c   Saldívar, Marco ^c   Ortlieb, Luc ^d   Escribano, Rubén ^e   Guzman, Nury ^d   Castilla, Juan Carlos ^f   Varas, Manuel ^f   Salamanca, Marco ^e   Figueroa, Claudia ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Baja California; Cadmium; Chile; Coastal upwelling; El Ni o; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SALINITY; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 18544409386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001856     Document Type: Article

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