The variability of the Cape Boujdor upwelling and its relationship with the Cape Blanc frontal zone (Morocco)
The Cape Boujdour and Cape Blanc upwelling areas are a favorable environment for the spawning of multiples pelagic fish species, due to their particular hydrological features, which provide a high productivity to this region. The study area is subdivided into three successful regions with a differen...
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ftinstmistojs:oai:oai.revues.imist.ma:article/28809 2023-05-15T17:34:09+02:00 The variability of the Cape Boujdor upwelling and its relationship with the Cape Blanc frontal zone (Morocco) MAKAOUI, Ahmed BESSA, Ismail AGOUZOUK, Abdelaziz IDRISSI, Mohammed BELABCHIR, Younes HILMI, Karim ETTAHIRI, Omar INRH 2021-12-29 application/pdf https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/fsejournal/article/view/28809 https://doi.org/10.34874/IMIST.PRSM/fsejournal-v11i1.28809 eng eng Frontiers in Science and Engineering https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/fsejournal/article/view/28809/15511 https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/fsejournal/article/view/28809 doi:10.34874/IMIST.PRSM/fsejournal-v11i1.28809 Tous droits réservés (c) 2021 Frontiers in Science and Engineering Frontiers in Science and Engineering; Vol. 11, No 1 (2021): The Marine Environment of the Moroccan Atlantic Coast 2028 - 7615 Upwelling Moroccan Atlantic coast inter tropical convergence zone mixed layer depth frontal zone info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftinstmistojs https://doi.org/10.34874/IMIST.PRSM/fsejournal-v11i1.28809 2022-08-27T12:28:38Z The Cape Boujdour and Cape Blanc upwelling areas are a favorable environment for the spawning of multiples pelagic fish species, due to their particular hydrological features, which provide a high productivity to this region. The study area is subdivided into three successful regions with a different hydrological characteristic. The first area (Boujdour – Dakhla) is known for the coastal upwelling of deep water in northern part of the Moroccan Atlantic Ocean. The second area in the middle (Dakhla-Cape Barbas) presents a vertical stratification. The filamentous drift of the waters and the resurgences toward offshore favor photosynthesis far from the coast and promotes high productivity. The presence of front between different water masses characterizes the third area between Cape Barbas and Cape Blanc in southern part of the Moroccan Atlantic coast. An advection variability distinguishes this part from north to south of the upwelled North Atlantic Central Water in Cape Boujdour and from south to north of the South Atlantic Central waters rich in nutrients, deficient in oxygen and high Chlorophyll concentration. This situation leads to a biological richness by the apparition of Thermohaline circulation front at the Cape Blanc area, which depends on the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone temporal and spatial variability. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Portail de Revues Scientifiques Marocaines IMIST (Institut Marocain de l’Information Scientifique et Technique) |
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Upwelling Moroccan Atlantic coast inter tropical convergence zone mixed layer depth frontal zone MAKAOUI, Ahmed BESSA, Ismail AGOUZOUK, Abdelaziz IDRISSI, Mohammed BELABCHIR, Younes HILMI, Karim ETTAHIRI, Omar The variability of the Cape Boujdor upwelling and its relationship with the Cape Blanc frontal zone (Morocco) |
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The Cape Boujdour and Cape Blanc upwelling areas are a favorable environment for the spawning of multiples pelagic fish species, due to their particular hydrological features, which provide a high productivity to this region. The study area is subdivided into three successful regions with a different hydrological characteristic. The first area (Boujdour – Dakhla) is known for the coastal upwelling of deep water in northern part of the Moroccan Atlantic Ocean. The second area in the middle (Dakhla-Cape Barbas) presents a vertical stratification. The filamentous drift of the waters and the resurgences toward offshore favor photosynthesis far from the coast and promotes high productivity. The presence of front between different water masses characterizes the third area between Cape Barbas and Cape Blanc in southern part of the Moroccan Atlantic coast. An advection variability distinguishes this part from north to south of the upwelled North Atlantic Central Water in Cape Boujdour and from south to north of the South Atlantic Central waters rich in nutrients, deficient in oxygen and high Chlorophyll concentration. This situation leads to a biological richness by the apparition of Thermohaline circulation front at the Cape Blanc area, which depends on the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone temporal and spatial variability. |
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MAKAOUI, Ahmed BESSA, Ismail AGOUZOUK, Abdelaziz IDRISSI, Mohammed BELABCHIR, Younes HILMI, Karim ETTAHIRI, Omar |
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MAKAOUI, Ahmed BESSA, Ismail AGOUZOUK, Abdelaziz IDRISSI, Mohammed BELABCHIR, Younes HILMI, Karim ETTAHIRI, Omar |
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The variability of the Cape Boujdor upwelling and its relationship with the Cape Blanc frontal zone (Morocco) |
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The variability of the Cape Boujdor upwelling and its relationship with the Cape Blanc frontal zone (Morocco) |
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The variability of the Cape Boujdor upwelling and its relationship with the Cape Blanc frontal zone (Morocco) |
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The variability of the Cape Boujdor upwelling and its relationship with the Cape Blanc frontal zone (Morocco) |
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The variability of the Cape Boujdor upwelling and its relationship with the Cape Blanc frontal zone (Morocco) |
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variability of the cape boujdor upwelling and its relationship with the cape blanc frontal zone (morocco) |
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Frontiers in Science and Engineering |
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2021 |
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https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/fsejournal/article/view/28809 https://doi.org/10.34874/IMIST.PRSM/fsejournal-v11i1.28809 |
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Frontiers in Science and Engineering; Vol. 11, No 1 (2021): The Marine Environment of the Moroccan Atlantic Coast 2028 - 7615 |
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https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/fsejournal/article/view/28809/15511 https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/fsejournal/article/view/28809 doi:10.34874/IMIST.PRSM/fsejournal-v11i1.28809 |
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Tous droits réservés (c) 2021 Frontiers in Science and Engineering |
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