Abstract
Centers of intensified upwelling occur throughout the world and are often associated with topographic irregularities along the coasts and continental shelves. Preliminary observations from a study near Point Conception, California, as well as previous observations from Peru, near 15°S, provide us with some generalizations about coastal upwelling centers. The mean structures of these centers appear to be well-defined regions of low temperature, high nutrient concentrations and low phytoplankton abundance, with characteristic gradients of each of these variables away from the center. The biological productivity of these centers results in the generation of organic particles. The impact of this near-surface productivity on the sediments will depend on the physical structure of the upwelling centers and the variability of this structure.
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Jones, B.H. et al. (1983). Observations of a Persistent Upwelling Center off Point Conception, California. In: Suess, E., Thiede, J. (eds) Coastal Upwelling Its Sediment Record. NATO Conference Series, vol 10B. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6651-9_3
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