An analysis of the production-regeneration system in the coastal upwelling area off N.W. Africa based on oxygen, nitrate and ammonium distributions

Authors

H. J. Minas, Station Marine d'Endoume, Laboratoire d'Oceanographie,, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, Case 902, 13288 Marseille, Cedex 9, France
T. T. Packard, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, McKown Point, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 04575, U.S.A.
M. Minas, Station Marine d'Endoume, Laboratoire d'Oceanographie,, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, Case 902, 13288 Marseille, Cedex 9, France
B. Coste, Station Marine d'Endoume, Laboratoire d'Oceanographie,, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, Case 902, 13288 Marseille, Cedex 9, France

Abstract

Using the hydrographic and nutrient data from the R/V Jean Charcot CINECA-V cruise and Broenkow's (1965) mixing model, we have calculated the biologically induced changes in the oxygen, nitrate and ammonium distribution patterns of the upwelling system off Cape Blanc, N .W. Africa....

Recommended Citation

Minas, H. J., T. T. Packard, M. Minas, and B. Coste. 1982. "An analysis of the production-regeneration system in the coastal upwelling area off N.W. Africa based on oxygen, nitrate and ammonium distributions." Journal of Marine Research 40, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1601