@article{fdi:010070393, title = {{I}nter-annual variability on the influence of equatorial upwelling on biological productivity along 10o{W} in the {E}astern {E}quatorial {A}tlantic ({EEA})}, author = {{N}ubi, {O}.{A}. and {B}ourl{\`e}s, {B}ernard and {E}dokpayi, {C}.{A}. and {H}ounkonnou, {M}.{N}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{O}f the 3 boreal summers covered by the {EGEE} oceanographic cruises between 2005 and 2007, equatorial upwelling was strongest along 10o{W} in {J}une 2005 and weakest in {J}une 2006. {I}n response to the shoaling pycnocline, cold nutrient-rich waters upwelled to the euphotic layer and significantly influenced the biological productivity of the region in {J}une 2005. {U}sing profiles for temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen (at the latitude of {E}quatorial {U}nder-{C}urrent ({EUC}) velocity core) and chlorophyll fluorescence profile (at the latitude of maximum occurrences within the {EUC} latitude bands), the hypothesis of the {EUC} contributing to the equatorial fertility process along 10o{W} was captured. {W}hile nitrate was limiting to phytoplankton growth in {J}une 2006 and {J}une 2007, phosphate stress was observed in {J}une 2005.}, keywords = {{UPWELLING} ; {COURANT} {COTIER} ; {CIRCULATION} {OCEANIQUE} ; {PRODUCTION} {PRIMAIRE} ; {PHYTOPLANCTON} ; {DISTRIBUTION} {SPATIALE} ; {ATLANTIQUE} ; {GOLFE} {DE} {GUINEE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE} ; {NIGERIA}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of {B}iodiversity and {E}nvironmental {S}ciences}, volume = {4}, numero = {1}, pages = {72--80}, ISSN = {2220-6663}, year = {2014}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070393}, }