The reduction of plankton biomass induced by mesoscale stirring: A modeling study in the Benguela upwelling

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-80

  Hernández Carrasco, Ismael ^a   Rossi, Vincent ^a,b   Hernández García, Emilio ^a   Garçon, Veronique ^b   López, Cristóbal ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

^b LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Benguela upwelling system; FSLE; Horizontal stirring; Plankton dynamics; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BENGUELA UPWELLING SYSTEMS; FSLE; HORIZONTAL STIRRING; PLANKTON DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BIOACTIVITY; ECOLOGY; LYAPUNOV METHODS; VELOCITY;

PLANKTON;

BIOMASS; DISPERSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; UPWELLING;

ANGOLA; BENGUELA;

EID: 84885495975     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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