The Gulf of Cádiz pelagic ecosystem: A review

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 228-251

  García Lafuente, Jesús ^a   Ruiz, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anchovy; Cape San Vicente; Cape Santa Maria; Continental shelf; Guadalquivir River; Seasonal variations; Subsurface chlorophyll maximum; Surface circulation; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SUBSURFACE CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUM; UPWELLING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

ANDALUCIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE SANTA MARIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; GUADALQUIVIR RIVER; GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PORTUGAL; SAN VICENTE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ENGRAULIDAE;

EID: 34547523423     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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