Surface mixing and biological activity in the four Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems

Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS) are characterized by a high productivity of plankton associated with large commercial fisheries, thus playing key biological and socio-economical roles. Since they are populated by several physical oceanic structures such as filaments and eddies, which inter...

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Main Authors: V. Rossi, C. López, E. Hernández-García, J. Sudre, V. Garçon, Y. Morel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-08-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/16/557/2009/npg-16-557-2009.pdf