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

Jury, Mark R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1579-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1579-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1579-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

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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RC1: 'Environmental controls on marine productivity near Cape St Francis, South Africa', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Feedback to reviewer comment', Mark Jury, 01 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Review of Environmental controls on marine productivity near Cape St Francis, South Africa by Mark R. Jury', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Sep 2019
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Short summary

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.