Environmental evaluation of the Northern Argentine Sea (South-Western Atlantic Ocean, 35°-42°S)

• Main Authors: Marcovecchio, Jorge Eduardo, de Marco, Silvia Graciela, Gavio, Maria Andrea, Narvarte, Maite Andrea, Fiori, Sandra Marcela, Gerpe, Marcela Silvia, Rodríguez, Diego Eduardo, López Abbate, María Celeste, la Colla, Noelia Soledad, Oliva, Ana Laura, Zalba, Sergia, Bazterrica, María Cielo, Guinder, Valeria Ana, Spetter, Carla Vanesa, Fernandez Severini, Melisa Daiana, Arias, Andres Hugo, Botté, Sandra Elizabeth
• Other Authors: Sheppard, Charles
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Mar Argentino; Región norte; Características oceanográficas; Condiciones ecológicas; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentino; Argentina; Argentine; Silvia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/133441

The Northern area of the Argentine Sea is a very wide system, with a large continental shelf and an oceanographic scenario determined by the collision of the Brazil and the Malvinas/Falkland megacurrents, which a produce subtropical convergence. The outflow of the huge Río de la Plata (discharging ~...