Multiannual trends in fronts and distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll in the southwestern Atlantic (30-62°S)

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Pereira Brandini, Frederico, Boltovskoy, Demetrio, Piola, Alberto Ricardo, Kocmur, Santiago, Röttgers, Rüdiger, Cesar Abreu, Paulo, Mendes Lopes, Rubens
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Brazil-Malvinas Confluence Zone; Chlorophyll; Nutrients; Polar Front; Southwestern Atlantic; Thermal Fronts; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Argentina; Ricardo; Armada Argentina; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/71703

This paper presents the first data on the vertical distribution of chlorophyll and nutrients in the upper layers of the southern southwestern Atlantic and interprets it in relation to frontal systems and the general hydrographic features. The survey covered quasi-synoptically the area between 30 and...