Seasonal changes in particulate biogenic and lithogenic silica in the upwelling system off Concepción (∼36°S), Chile, and their relationship to fluctuations in marine productivity and continental input

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2594-2600

  Sanchez G E ^a   Pantoja, S ^a   Lange, C B ^a   Gonzalez H E ^a,b   Daneri, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; Chile; Concepci n; Diatoms; Humboldt Current System; Lithogenic silica

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

BIO BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION BAY [BIO-BIO]; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; ITATA;

EID: 53349177810     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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