Results of underway analysis off NW Africa between 23ºN and 28ºN

Suplemento de Investigación Pesquera.-- 12 páginas, 7 figuras[EN] Continuous underway analysis of environmental variables as well as phytoplankton biomass estimates was carried on during cruise SAHARA-I off Spanish Sahara (June-July 1971). Longshore as well as offshore setions were drawn at two levels: surface and 20 metre deep. Upwelling was particularly strong on Sections B and C although apparently existed all over the region. Upwelled water has lower salinity than surrounding water and a phytoplankton maximum is coincident with the maximum horizontal gradient of nitrate. A simple pictorial model is put forward as explanation of the processes taking place over the shelf[ES] Los objetivos y datos básicos de la campaña SAHARA-I en la zona costera entre Pta. Stafford y Nouakchott han sido publicados en este mismo volumen (BAS y CRUZADO, 1974). El presente trabajo pretende ser una descripción del área comprendida entre los paralelos 23ºN y 28ºN mediante la presentación de los datos continuos obtenidos siguiendos las técnicas descritas anteriormente (BALLESTER, et al., 1972). [...]Peer reviewe