Table 16.1
Climatic and trophic variables in the water column in the coastal biogeographical provinces of North, Central and South America and the
Canary Islands
Minimum
T (°C)
a
Maximum
T (°C)
a
Mean T
(°C)
a
ST0
(°C)
b
ST50
(°C)
b
MLD
(m)
b
Photic
Depth
(m)
b
Maximum Chl
(mg m
-3
)
a
Minimum Chl
(mg m
-3
)
a
Mean Chl
(mg m
-3
)
a
Chl
(g m
-1
)
b
Productivity (g
C m
-2
d
-1
)
b
Caribean
5.3
31.
25.6
26.9 25.8
23.0 44.2
74.3
0.0
0.6
6.6
0.5
West Indian
2.8
31.2
27.3
26.9 25.8
23.0 44.2
74.3
0.0
0.3
6.6
0.5
Brazilian
-2.0
30.5
24.6
27.6 26.7
14.5 38.7
74.3
0.0
0.4
55.8
1.9
EasternSouth
America
-2.00
24.7
10.6
8.5
7.1 101.2 30.0
74.3
0.0
1.7
1.3
Canary
Islands
16.79
24.7
20.7
21.2 18.0
28.2 28.7
40.9
0.0
0.2
35.0
2.0
Easter Island
16.7 14.2
23.3 43.3
15.7
0.7
Chilean
16.7 14.2
23.3 43.3
15.7
0.7
Galápagos
27.6 24.2
22.5 53.3
4.3
0.3
Panamanian
27.3 21.0
10.2 39.2
11.3
0.9
Mexican
27.3 21.0
10.2 39.2
11.3
0.9
a
Mean values obtained from monthly satellite data for the period 1982–1991 for sea surface temperature and 2003–2010 for chlorophyll (http://
neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)
b
Data from Longhurst et al. (1995), Longhurst (1998), compiled by Taeger and Lazarus (2010)
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A. Pérez-Ruzafa et al.