This book presents an in-depth discussion of the biological and ecological geography of the
oceans. It synthesizes locally restricted studies of the ocean to generate a global geography …

Like all the major upwelling regions, the Canary Current is characterised by intense
mesoscale structure in the transition zone between the cool, nutrient-rich waters of the …

This study reports hydrographic and biological observations from three cruises where
cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies were observed downstream of Gran Canaria island. Based …

Cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies were observed downstream of Gran Canaria (Canary
Islands), an almost circular island of about 50 km diameter, located in the path of the Canary …

In the context of the iron hypothesis, the biogeochemical characteristics of the water masses
located in the N–E wake of the Kerguelen archipelago were studied in austral spring 1995 …

The surface and upper-thermocline waters of the Canary Basin are characterised by very
strong coupling between the open ocean and the coastal upwelling region. Such coupling …

The eastern boundary of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre extends from the northern tip of
the Iberian Peninsula at 43 N to south of Senegal at about 10 N, approximately the range of …

Ocean studies in the 1970s provided an improved knowledge of the coastal upwelling
region off NW Africa while in the 1980s and 1990s they led to a good description of the open …

The mountainous Canary Islands present obstacles to the trade winds and to the Canary
Current flowing equatorward past them. In situ observations of hydrographic properties and …

We use the trajectory of three buoys dragged below the surface mixed layer, together with
sea surface temperature imagery, to examine the evolution of an anticyclonic warm‐core …