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Review of primary production and related processes on the Agulhas-Bank

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dc.contributor.author Probyn, TA en_US
dc.contributor.author Mitchellinnes, BA en_US
dc.contributor.author Brown, PC en_US
dc.contributor.author Hutchings, L en_US
dc.contributor.author Carter, RA en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-03-26T06:29:15Z en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-06-07T10:07:50Z
dc.date.available 2007-03-26T06:29:15Z en_US
dc.date.available 2007-06-07T10:07:50Z
dc.date.copyright en_US
dc.date.issued 1994-03 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Probyn, TA, et al. 1994. Review of primary production and related processes on the Agulhas-Bank. South African Journal of Science, vol. 90(3), pp 166-173 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0038-2353 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2018 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2018
dc.description.abstract Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in different sectors of the Agulhas Bank are discussed in a broad hydrographic content centred predominantly on thermocline characteristics. The delineation of the different sectors is largely subjective, though based on some degree of physical and biological uniformity within each sub-region. The primary physical forcing mechanisms of wind-driven coastal upwelling and current-driven shelf-break upwelling stimulate phytoplankton productivity in the coastal region of the western Bank and over the eastern sector, respectively. Vertical thermal structure is adjectively maintained but modified by summer insulation and wind-induced mixing. Deep mixing associated with the deep pool south of Cape Agulhas severely retards primary production. In the winter the predominantly westerly wind conditions and reduced advection of bottom water onto the Agulhas Bank result in a deepening of thermocline over much of the region. The Agulhas Bank appears to be more productive with respect to phytoplankton than other major western-boundary current systems. en_US
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dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Bureau Scientific Publications en_US
dc.rights Copyright: 1994 Bureau Scientific Publications en_US
dc.source en_US
dc.subject Phytoplankton biomass en_US
dc.subject Agulhas bank en_US
dc.subject Western boundary systems en_US
dc.subject Thermocline characteristics en_US
dc.subject Chlorophyll distribution en_US
dc.subject Primary productivity en_US
dc.subject Hydrographic settings en_US
dc.subject Multidisciplinary sciences en_US
dc.title Review of primary production and related processes on the Agulhas-Bank en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Probyn, T., Mitchellinnes, B., Brown, P., Hutchings, L., & Carter, R. (1994). Review of primary production and related processes on the Agulhas-Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2018 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Probyn, TA, BA Mitchellinnes, PC Brown, L Hutchings, and RA Carter "Review of primary production and related processes on the Agulhas-Bank." (1994) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2018 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Probyn T, Mitchellinnes B, Brown P, Hutchings L, Carter R. Review of primary production and related processes on the Agulhas-Bank. 1994; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2018. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Probyn, TA AU - Mitchellinnes, BA AU - Brown, PC AU - Hutchings, L AU - Carter, RA AB - Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in different sectors of the Agulhas Bank are discussed in a broad hydrographic content centred predominantly on thermocline characteristics. The delineation of the different sectors is largely subjective, though based on some degree of physical and biological uniformity within each sub-region. The primary physical forcing mechanisms of wind-driven coastal upwelling and current-driven shelf-break upwelling stimulate phytoplankton productivity in the coastal region of the western Bank and over the eastern sector, respectively. Vertical thermal structure is adjectively maintained but modified by summer insulation and wind-induced mixing. Deep mixing associated with the deep pool south of Cape Agulhas severely retards primary production. In the winter the predominantly westerly wind conditions and reduced advection of bottom water onto the Agulhas Bank result in a deepening of thermocline over much of the region. The Agulhas Bank appears to be more productive with respect to phytoplankton than other major western-boundary current systems. DA - 1994-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Phytoplankton biomass KW - Agulhas bank KW - Western boundary systems KW - Thermocline characteristics KW - Chlorophyll distribution KW - Primary productivity KW - Hydrographic settings KW - Multidisciplinary sciences LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1994 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - Review of primary production and related processes on the Agulhas-Bank TI - Review of primary production and related processes on the Agulhas-Bank UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2018 ER - en_ZA


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