A review of eastern tropical Pacific oceanography: Summary

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 69, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 391-398

  Lavin M F ^a   Fiedler, P C ^b   Amador, J A ^c   Ballance, L T ^b   Farber Lorda J ^a   Mestas Nunez A M ^d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern tropical Pacific; Physical and biological patterns; Review

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PATTERNS; REVIEW; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING; WIND;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33744525042     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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