Long-term hydrographic conditions and climate trends in Potter Cove

IRENE R. SCHLOSS, GUSTAVO A. FERREYRA, OSCAR GONZÁLEZ, ADRIÁN ATENCIO, VERÓNICA FUENTES, GABRIELA TOSONOTTO, GUILLERMO MERCURI, RICARDO SAHADE, MARCOS TATIÁN & DORIS ABELE

Berichte zur Polar und Meeresforschung - Reports on Polar and Marine Research

Año: 2008 p. 382 - 391

1618-3193

Since the beginning of the Argentinean – German cooperation at Jubany Station – Dallmann laboratory, sea water temperature and salinity, as well as chlorophyll- a and suspended particulate matter concentrations have been measured in Potter Cove, in the vicinity of the station. Several projects, using hydrographi383383 cal data as central or complementary information were carried out. As a result, a 15-years series of data is available, although there are many gaps, especially in the winter months, when difficult weather conditions made sampling impossible. In the present paper, a preliminary analysis of these series is presented and discussed in the face of climatic change (warming) observed in the WAP coastal ecosystems.