Secondary production as a tool for better understanding of aquatic ecosystems

M Dolbeth, M Cusson, R Sousa… - Canadian Journal of …, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
A major challenge for ecologists is understanding ecosystem dynamics and function under
environmental and anthropogenic stresses. An approach for addressing this challenge is the …

The jack mackerel fishery and El Niño 1997–98 effects off Chile

DF Arcos, LA Cubillos, SP Núnez - Progress in Oceanography, 2001 - Elsevier
The jack mackerel fishery is one of the most important resources on the South Eastern
Pacific Ocean off Chile, with landings higher than 3 million tonnes between 1990 and 1996 …

The Humboldt current system of northern and central Chile

M Thiel, JC Castilla, M Fernández, S Navarrete - 2007 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Abstract The Humboldt Current System (HCS) is one of the most productive marine
ecosystems on earth. It extends along the west coast of South America from southern Chile …

Marine hypoxia/anoxia as a source of CH4 and N2O

SWA Naqvi, HW Bange, L Farías, PMS Monteiro… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
We review here the available information on methane (CH 4) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) from
major marine, mostly coastal, oxygen (O 2)-deficient zones formed both naturally and as a …

Microbial metatranscriptomics in a permanent marine oxygen minimum zone

FJ Stewart, O Ulloa, EF DeLong - Environmental microbiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Simultaneous characterization of taxonomic composition, metabolic gene content and gene
expression in marine oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) has potential to broaden perspectives …

From small‐scale habitat loopholes to decadal cycles: a habitat‐based hypothesis explaining fluctuation in pelagic fish populations off Peru

A Bertrand, M Segura, M Gutiérrez… - Fish and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Peru‐Humboldt Current system (HCS) supports the world's largest pelagic
fisheries. Among the world's eastern boundary current systems, it is the most exposed to …

Phylogeographic structure in benthic marine invertebrates of the southeast Pacific coast of Chile with differing dispersal potential

PA Haye, NI Segovia, NC Muñoz-Herrera, FE Gálvez… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The role of dispersal potential on phylogeographic structure, evidenced by the degree of
genetic structure and the presence of coincident genetic and biogeographic breaks, was …

Bacterial diversity in the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical South Pacific

H Stevens, O Ulloa - Environmental microbiology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The structure and diversity of bacterial communities associated with the oxygen minimum
zone (OMZ) of the eastern tropical South Pacific was studied through phylogenetic analysis …

Ocean acidification in the California current system

C Hauri, N Gruber, GK Plattner, S Alin, RA Feely… - Oceanography, 2009 - JSTOR
Eastern boundary upwelling systems (EBUS) are naturally more acidic than most of the rest
of the surface ocean. Observations of EBUS already show pH values and saturation states …

Using indicators for evaluating, comparing, and communicating the ecological status of exploited marine ecosystems. 2. Setting the scene

YJ Shin, LJ Shannon, A Bundy, M Coll… - ICES Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Shin, YJ., Shannon, LJ, Bundy, A., Coll, M., Aydin, K., Bez, N., Blanchard, JL,
Borges, MF, Diallo, I., Diaz, E., Heymans, JJ, Hill, L., Johannesen, E., Jouffre, D., Kifani, S …