Spatial characteristics of sediment trace metals in an eastern boundary upwelling retention area (St. Helena Bay, South Africa): A hydrodynamic- biological pump hypothesis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 123-134

  Monteiro, Pedro M S ^a,b   Roychoudhury, Alakendra N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benguela upwelling ecosystem; Dispersion; Hydrodynamics; Primary production; St. Helena Bay; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE METAL; UPWELLING;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SAINT HELENA BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE; WORLD;

EID: 25144441099     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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