11.124 - Offshore and coastal upwellings

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Zones of the continental shelf where the warmer surface water is displaced, allowing cooler water rich in nutrients to rise to the surface, often generating much increased biological productivity.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Nicholson, 1977; Nelson, 1980; Lofgren, 1984; Augier, 1985; Fiala-Médione & al., 1987; Wood, 1988; Barnes and Hughes, 1988; Lalli and Parsons, 1995.