Primary productivity in the eastern tropical Pacific off Cabo Corrientes, Mexico;Productividad primaria en el Pacífico oriental tropical adyacente a Cabo Corrientes, México

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-182

  Lopez Sandoval D C ^a   Lara Lara, J R ^a   Lavin M F ^a   Alvarez Borrego S ^a   Gaxiola Castro, G ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cabo corrientes; Eastern tropical pacific; Phytoplankton biomass; Primary productivity; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UPWELLING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 70349588075     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v35i2.1530     Document Type: Article

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