Seasonal cycles of pelagic production and consumption

A Longhurst - Progress in oceanography, 1995 - Elsevier
Comprehensive seasonal cycles of production and consumption in the pelagial require the
ocean to be partitioned. This can be done rationally at two levels: into four primary …

The transition zone of the Canary Current upwelling region

ED Barton, J Arıstegui, P Tett, M Cantón… - Progress in …, 1998 - Elsevier
Like all the major upwelling regions, the Canary Current is characterised by intense
mesoscale structure in the transition zone between the cool, nutrient-rich waters of the …

The nature of the cold filaments in the California Current System

PT Strub, PM Kosro, A Huyer - Journal of Geophysical …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Data from the Coastal Transition Zone (CTZ) experiment are used to describe the velocity
fields and water properties associated with cold filaments in the California Current …

Mesoscale eddies, satellite altimetry, and new production in the Sargasso Sea

DA Siegel, DJ McGillicuddy Jr… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite altimetry and hydrographic observations are used to characterize the mesoscale
eddy field in the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda and to address the role of physical processes …

Development, persistence, and variability of upwelling filaments off the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula

R Haynes, ED Barton, I Pilling - Journal of Geophysical …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
The development, persistence, and variability of upwelling filaments off the Atlantic coast of
the Iberian Peninsula are examined by means of advanced very high resolution radiometer …

Mesoscale ocean fronts enhance carbon export due to gravitational sinking and subduction

MR Stukel, LI Aluwihare, KA Barbeau… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Enhanced vertical carbon transport (gravitational sinking and subduction) at mesoscale
ocean fronts may explain the demonstrated imbalance of new production and sinking …

Statistical properties of near‐surface flow in the California coastal transition zone

KH Brink, RC Beardsley, PP Niiler… - Journal of …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
During the summers of 1987 and 1988, 77 near‐surface satellite‐tracked drifters were
deployed in or near cold filaments near Point Arena, California (39° N), and tracked for up to …

Seasonal regulation of primary production in eastern boundary upwelling systems

M Messié, FP Chavez - Progress in Oceanography, 2015 - Elsevier
The regulation of seasonal satellite-derived primary production (PP) was investigated within
a 150 km coastal box in four eastern boundary upwelling systems (EBUS): California, Peru …

Dark survival strategies in marine phytoplankton assessed by cytometric measurement of metabolic activity with fluorescein diacetate

FJ Jochem - Marine biology, 1999 - Springer
Cytometric quantification of cellular fluorescence upon cleavage of fluorescein diacetate
(FDA) is presented as a sensitive and rapid technique to assess phytoplankton metabolic …

Distribution of diatoms, coccolithophores and planktic foraminifers along a trophic gradient during SW monsoon in the Arabian Sea

R Schiebel, A Zeltner, UF Treppke, JJ Waniek… - Marine …, 2004 - Elsevier
The distribution of diatoms, coccolithophores and planktic foraminifers mirrored the
hydrographic and trophic conditions of the surface ocean (0–100 m) across the upwelling …