Mesoscale variability and nutrient-phytoplankton distributions off central-southern Chile during the upwelling season: The influence of mesoscale eddies

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-29

  Morales, Carmen E ^a   Hormazabal, Samuel ^b   Correa Ramirez, Marco ^c   Pizarro, Oscar ^a,c   Silva, Nelson ^b   Fernandez, Camila ^a,d   Anabalón, Valeria ^e   Torreblanca, M Loreto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c UdeC   (Chile)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; MESOSCALE FEATURES; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTIONS; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS;

NUTRIENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EDDY COVARIANCE; NANOPLANKTON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UPWELLING;

CHILE;

EID: 84866275487     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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