A winter upwelling event in the Northern Galician Rias: Frequency and oceanographic implications

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 573-582

  Alvarez, I ^a,b   Ospina Alvarez, N ^c   Pazos, Y ^d   deCastro, M ^a   Bernardez, P ^c   Campos, M J ^e   Gomez Gesteira, J L ^f   Alvarez Ossorio, M T ^e   Varela, M ^e   Gomez Gesteira, M ^a   Prego, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^d Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar Xunta de Galicia   (Spain)

^e Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^f Centro Tecnologico del Mar Fundacion CETMAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

chlorophyll; Galician coast; nutrients; plankton; thermohaline variables; winter upwelling

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RIA; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UPWELLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 64949125760     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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