Evidence for enhanced primary production resulting from relative vorticity induced upwelling in the Catalan Current;Evidencia de un aumento de la producción primaria debido al afloramiento inducido por la vorticidad en la Corriente Catalana

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL 1, 2004, Pages 113-119

  Granata, Timothy C ^a   Estrada, Marta ^b   Zika, Ulrike ^a   Merry, Carolyn ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalan Current; Meanders; New production; Primary production; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; CURRENT; MEANDER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 3242730102     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68s1113     Document Type: Article

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