Linking diverse nutrient patterns to different water masses within anticyclonic eddies in the upwelling system off Peru
Ocean eddies can both trigger mixing (during their formation and decay) and effectively shield water encompassed from being exchanged with ambient water (throughout their lifetimes). These antagonistic effects of eddies complicate the interpretation of synoptic snapshots typically obtained by ship-b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/14/1349/2017/bg-14-1349-2017.pdf |