Abstract

GOMEZ-VILLARREAL, María C; MARTINEZ-GAXIOLA, Marcos D  and  PENA-MANJARREZ, José L. Proliferaciones algales 2000-2001 en Bahía de Banderas, México según el sensor SeaWiFS. Rev. biol. trop [online]. 2008, vol.56, n.4, pp.1653-1664. ISSN 0034-7744.

Algal blooms at Banderas Bay, México (2000-2001), from SeaWiFS-sensor-data. Algal blooms for the period of 2000 and 2001 at Banderas Bay, México, were analyzed from SeaWiFS-ocean-color-sensor derived information. These events were related with the maximum chlorophyll week anomalies (ASi; a proxy variable constructed for the analysis of chlorophyll temporal variation in the bay). The winter-spring blooms were multispecific, while the summer-fall blooms were monospecific. Two proposals are made: 1) Winter-spring blooms are strongly related with mesoescale processes, due to their apparent temporal synchrony with the high chlorophyll levels in the coastal region from Sinaloa to Jalisco states; 2) Cochlodinium polykrikoides (Margalef 1961) blooms during the summer-fall periods could be induced by local conditions and the influence of previous events on the ecosystem. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56 (4): 1653-1664. Epub 2008 December 12.

Keywords : algal blooms; satellite remote sensing; SeaWiFS; chlorophyll; Banderas Bay; Cochlodinium polykrikoides; proliferaciones algales; sensores semotos satelitales; SeaWiFS; clorofila; Bahía de Banderas; Cochlodinium polykrikoides.

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