Impact of upwelling events on the sea water carbonate chemistry and dissolved oxygen concentration in the Gulf of Papagayo (Culebra Bay), Costa Rica: Implications for coral reefs

Impact of upwelling events on the sea water carbonate chemistry and dissolved oxygen concentration in the Gulf of Papagayo (Culebra Bay), Costa Rica: Implications for coral reefs

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The Gulf of Papagayo, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is one of the three seasonal upwelling areas of Mesoamerica. In April 2009, a 29-hour experiment was carried out at the pier of the Marina Papagayo, Culebra Bay. We determined sea surface temperature (SST), dissolved oxygen concentration, salinity,...

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Main Authors: Tim Rixen, Carlos Jiménez, Jorge Cortés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2012-04-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
pCO2
dissolved oxygen
upwelling
Gulf of Papagayo
aragonite saturation state
Costa Rica
corals
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442012000600013

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