Metals content in surface waters of an upwelling system of the northern Humboldt Current (Mejillones Bay, Chile)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 18-30

  Valdés, Jorge ^a   Román, Domingo ^b   Alvarez, Gabriel ^b   Ortlieb, Luc ^c   Guiñez, Marcos ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Recursos del Mar   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Humboldt system; Marine surface water; Trace metals; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METAL ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN;

HUMBOLDT SYSTEM; MARINE SURFACE WATERS;

SURFACE WATERS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL; UPWELLING;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; MEJILLONES DEL SUR BAY; MEJILLONES PENINSULA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 40749087233     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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