Poleward intrusion in the northern Galician shelf

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 545-552

  Alvarez, I ^a,b   Ospina Alvarez, N ^c   deCastro, M ^a   Varela, M ^d   Gomez Gesteira, M ^a   Prego, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña   (Spain)

Author keywords

chlorophyll; Ekman transport; Iberian Poleward Current; Northern Galician Rias; nutrient salts; SST; thermohaline variables

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; UPWELLING; WARM WATER; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALICIAN SHELF;

EID: 77951025624     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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