Benthic O2 availability regulates many important biogeochemical processes and has crucial
implications for the biology and ecology of benthic communities. Further, the benthic O2 …

Bays in coastal upwelling regions are physically driven and biochemically fueled by their
interaction with open coastal waters. Wind-driven flow over the shelf imposes a circulation in …

Abstract The Humboldt Current System (HCS) is one of the most productive marine
ecosystems on earth. It extends along the west coast of South America from southern Chile …

Publisher Summary This chapter explores that the pelagic food chain is mainly linear and
short, and there is a relatively close coupling between the primary production and the …

Coastal Ecosystem Processes, written by the renowned marine scientist Daniel Alongi,
describes how pelagic and benthic food webs, from beaches and tidal flats to the continental …

The high biological productivity of the Humboldt Current System (HCS) off Chile supports an
annual fish catch of over 7 million t. The area is also important biogeochemically, because …

Periods of elevated temperatures in northern Monterey Bay suggest that this is a region of
increased residence time during periods of active upwelling. Nearshore increases in near …

Estimation of ingestion rates from gut contents requires accurate determination of gut
clearance rate constants. One of the most important factors affecting gut clearance rate …

The COPAS research center (Universidad de Concepción, Chile) initiated a time series
station on the continental shelf off central Chile that is used for multi-disciplinary …

Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) and sulfate reduction (SR) were investigated in
sediments of the Chilean upwelling region at three stations between 800 and 3000 m water …