Abstract

A station located 1 km west of Scripps Institution of Oceanography pier La Jolla, California was occupied 15 times in the 57-day period from 9 February to 7 April, 1971. The condition of the environment and of the phytoplankton community was observed before, during and after a major upwelling (26 February to 1 March). Classical interaction between the environment and the phytoplankton was followed for three weeks after the strong WNW winds declined. The biological succession initiated by the upwelling ended on 22 March when a new water mass marked by a high silicate concentration apparently entered the area by surface transport.

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