Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1579-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1579-2019
Research article
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02 Dec 2019
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2019

Environmental controls on marine productivity near Cape St. Francis, South Africa

Mark R. Jury

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This research considers the physical environmental factors that underpin changes in ocean productivity over the shelf of South Africa, where coastal upwelling occurs next to a warm current. Statistical analysis of model assimilated data show that salinity and wind play prominent roles in changes of chlorophyll content, with possible consequences for the coastal fishery.