Open AccessCARACTERISTICAS FISICO-QUIMICAS DE LA BAHIA DE SANTA MARTA (AGOSTO 1980 - JULIO 1981)
Author(s) -
T Gustavo Ramírez
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.1983.13.0.485
Subject(s) - bay , homogeneous , salinity , upwelling , oceanography , humanities , water column , environmental science , geography , geology , art , physics , thermodynamics
Physical-chemical conditions have been studied in the Bay of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean, from August 1980 to July 1981. The results obtained at nine stations indicate that the surface water is rather homogeneous and of mainly oceanic character. In the period from december to april water temperatures were lowest ( 36°/oo) and undersaturation with oxigen occured (<91%) these factors together with pH, alcalinity and the variation of water column stability are indicating an upwelling phenomenon in this period and allow the stablishment of an approximated model for the annual cycle the bay.