@article{fdi:010006294,
  title = {{Z}onal circulation in the {T}ropical {W}estern {S}outh {P}acific at 170°{E}},
  author = {{M}erle, {J}acques and {R}otschi, {H}enri and {V}oituriez, {B}runo},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{R}ecent work made in the {T}ropical {W}estern {S}outh {P}acific along 170°{E} indicates that between 20°{S} and 5°{S} there are two permanent eastward countercurrents. {O}ne centered at about 9°{S} is the {S}outh {E}quatorial {C}ountercurrent; it transports low salinity water which has also a minimum oxygen concentration and is nutrient rich. {T}he other is centered near 17°30'{S}; its water has a low salinity but a high content in oxygen and low nutrient concentrations. {T}he westward flow between them is composed of high salinity, highly oxygenated water. {N}o seasonal variations of the intensity of the meridional extension, of the volume transport of these currents have been observed and it appears clearly that the {S}outh {E}quatorial {C}ountercurrent is distinct from the current observed on the 125 cl/t surface. {T}his zonal circulation can induce vertical displacements of water, the effect of which are seen on the nutrients vertical distribution. {B}etween 9°{S} and 14°{S} and near 20°{S} there should be two zones where the productivity is more or less permanently higher than in the adjacent waters. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{CIRCULATION} {OCEANIQUE} ; {CIRCULATION} {ZONALE} ; {SOUS} {COURANT} ; {SALINITE} ; {OXYGENE} {DISSOUS} ; {SEL} {NUTRITIF} ; {PACIFIQUE} {TROPICAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}ulletin of the {J}apanese {S}ociety of {F}isheries {O}ceanography},
  numero = {{N}o sp{\'e}cial},
  pages = {91--98},
  ISSN = {0182-0745},
  year = {1969},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010006294},
}