Primary production and plankton carbon biomass in a river-influenced upwelling area off Concepción, Chile

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 92-95, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-109

  Iriarte, Jose Luis ^a,b,c   Vargas, Cristian A ^b,c   Tapia, Fabián J ^b   Bermúdez, Rafael ^b   Urrutia, Roberto E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BIOMASS; CENTRAL CHILE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL STATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER INPUTS; MICROBIAL FOOD WEB; NANOFLAGELLATES; NEARSHORES; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION RATES; RIVER DISCHARGE; SIZE FRACTION; SPATIAL SCALE; UPWELLING AREAS; WIND DRIVEN UPWELLING; WINTER MONTHS;

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

RIVERS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING;

BIO BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION [BIO BIO]; ITATA RIVER;

CHAETOCEROS; CILIOPHORA; ITATA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 84155165391     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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