Spatial and temporal variability of chlorophyll distributions and geostrophic current estimates on the Peru Shelf at 9S

Authors

Alex W. Herman, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Atlantic Oceanographic Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2Y 4A2

Abstract

Profiles of chlorophyll a, temperature and salinity were measured over the Peru Shelf at 9S. Data were collected with a Batfish vehicle profiling in a sawtooth pattern over a cycle distance of ≈ 1 km at a depth ranging from near surface to ≈ 80 m….

Recommended Citation

Herman, Alex W.. 1982. "Spatial and temporal variability of chlorophyll distributions and geostrophic current estimates on the Peru Shelf at 9S." Journal of Marine Research 40, (1). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1580