Seasonal variability of the particulate organic matter vertical flux in the central region of the Gulf of California;Variaciones estacionales del flujo vertical de materia orgánica particulada en la región central del Golfo de California

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-49

  Garcia Pamanes J ^a   Trasvina Castro A ^b   Lara Lara, J R ^b   Bazan Guzman C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Guaymas Basin; Gulf of California; Particulate organic matter fluxes; Residence time

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

GUAYMAS BASIN; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79952349602     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v37i1.1681     Document Type: Article

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