Occurrence of a subsurface anticyclonic eddy, fronts, and Trichodesmium spp. over the Campeche Canyon Region, Gulf of Mexico;Ocurrencia de un giro anticiclónico, frentes y Trichodesmium spp. sobre la región del Cañón de Campeche, Golfo de México

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-344

  Aldeco, J ^a,b   Monreal Gomez M A ^b   Signoret, M ^a   Salas de Leon D A ^b   Hernandez Becerril D U ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic eddy; Campeche canyon; Fronts; Gulf of Mexico; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EDDY; FRONTAL FEATURE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMPECHE; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CERATIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 72449143205     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v35i4.1551     Document Type: Article

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