Effect of the oxygen minimum zone on the second chlorophyll maximum in the Eastern Tropical Pacific off Mexico;Efecto de la zona del mínimo de oxígeno en el segundo máximo de clorofila en el Pacífico Oriental Tropical Mexicano

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-403

  Cepeda Morales, J ^a   Beier, E ^a   Gaxiola Castro, G ^a   Lavin M F ^a   Godinez V M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Eastern tropical North Pacific; Eddies; Euphotic zone; Mexican Coastal Current; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DOWNWELLING; EDDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLUORESCENCE; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

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

EID: 72449165951     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v35i4.1622     Document Type: Article

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