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The answer is blowing in the wind: seasonal hydrography and mixing of the inner sea of Tierra del Fuego, Southern Patagonia
Laboratorio de Oceanografía Física y Satelital (LOFISAT), Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Centro de Observación y Análisis del Océano Costero, COSTAR-UV, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaíso, Chile
Constanza Zuñiga
Laboratorio de Oceanografía Física y Satelital (LOFISAT), Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Programa de Magister en Oceanografía, PUCV/UV, Valparaíso, Chile
Carmen Barrios-Guzmán
Laboratorio de Ecología y Conservación de Mamíferos Marinos (LECMMAR), Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Centro Bahía Lomas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomas, Santiago, Chile
Natalia Cisternas
Laboratorio de Oceanografía Física y Satelital (LOFISAT), Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Laboratorio de Ecología y Conservación de Mamíferos Marinos (LECMMAR), Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
José Garcés-Vargas
Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile
Centro FONDAP de Investigación en Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile
Mauricio F. Landaeta
Laboratorio de Ictiología e Interacciones Biofísicas (LABITI), Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Santiago, Chile
Centro de Observación y Análisis del Océano Costero, COSTAR-UV, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaíso, Chile
Andrea Piñones
Centro FONDAP de Investigación en Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile
Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Santiago, Chile
Marcela Rojas
Laboratorio de Oceanografía Física y Satelital (LOFISAT), Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Programa de Magister en Oceanografía, PUCV/UV, Valparaíso, Chile
Alicia I. Guerrero
Laboratorio de Ecología y Conservación de Mamíferos Marinos (LECMMAR), Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Maritza Sepúlveda
Laboratorio de Ecología y Conservación de Mamíferos Marinos (LECMMAR), Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Short summary
The study use Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) measurement (including seals-borne CTD) to describe the seasonality of the stratification and mixing of one of the southernmost Fjords of Patagonia: The Almirantazgo Fjord. The region, typically tidal was indicated as the most important forcing for mixing the inner-sea of Tierra del Fuego, here the study shows that the persistent an episodic strong along-fjord winds could perturb the pynoclyne and rivals to the estuarine circulation.
The study use Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) measurement (including seals-borne CTD)...
