Chlorophyll a and chemical signatures during an upwelling event off the South Portuguese coast (SW Iberia)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-149

  Cardeira, Sara ^a   Rita, Filomena ^a   Relvas, Paulo ^a,b   Cravo, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Coastal upwelling; Dissolved oxygen; Nutrients; South Portuguese coast; SW Iberia

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INHOMOGENEITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OUTFLOW; SALINITY; UPWELLING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGUESE SHELF;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84871539118     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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