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Oceanographic conditions around the Galápagos Archipelago and their influence on cetacean community structure

Creator:

Palacios, Daniel Mauricio

Abstract:

The objectives of this dissertation were to describe the complex oceanographic conditions around the Galápagos Archipelago (eastern equatorial Pacific), their seasonal variability, and their effects on patterns of cetacean occurrence. The physical and ecological factors leading to a plume of high phytoplankton biomass in the wake of the Galápagos were...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Hydrographic, chemical and optical observations from legs 4 and 5, YALOC-71

Creator:

Plank, William S., Anderson, James J. (James Jay), and Pak, Hasong

Abstract:

Hydrographic, chemical and optical data collected on legs 4 and 5 (November and December, 1971) of YALOC-71 in the vicinity of the Panama Basin are presented. The measurements were made for two purposes--to study the behavior of the Cromwell Current near the Galapagos Islands and to study the suspended particulate...

Resource Type:

Technical Report