The Dynamics of the East Madagascar Current System and Its Influence on the Biological Production Associated to the Shelf - An Observational Study

• Main Author: Voldsund, Aksel
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2011
• Subjects: 756213; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Marine geology: 466; Fridtjof; Fridtjof Nansen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/5198

The dynamics of the East Madagascar Current (EMC) system, and its influence on the biological production associated to the shelf, is studied by using cruise-data collected onboard the Norwegian R/V. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen between August and October, 2008. The South Equatorial Current (SEC) hits the coa...