Comparative study of mixing and biological activity of the Benguela and Canary upwelling systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Rossi, V ^a   Lopez C ^b   Sudre, J ^a   Hernandez Garcia E ^b   Garçon, Veronique ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CHLOROPHYLL; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; PORPHYRINS;

BENGUELA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; BIOLOGICAL SIGNATURES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DERIVED DATA; EASTERN BOUNDARY; FINITE-SIZE LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MIXING PROPERTIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL STRUCTURING; SURFACE VELOCITIES; TURBULENT MEDIUM; UPWELLING SYSTEMS;

MIXING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE DATA; TURBULENT MIXING; UPWELLING; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 49849098453     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033610     Document Type: Article

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