Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems

New number of Progress in Oceanography with the papers selected from the Symposium "Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems" held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in June 2008. This new book about upwelling systems will be another landmark to understand one of the most prominent oceanographic processes in the world. There are two reviews about the Canary Current which are quite interesting for researchers working in the Canary Islands. One about biogeochemistry and fisheries by Arístegui et al., and a second one about ichtyioplankton by Rodríguez et al.

New paper by Yebra et al.

New paper by Lidia Yebra and co-workers in Polar Research. These are the results of zooplankton biomass, vertical distribution and metabolism during the ICEPOS cruise in the Bransfield Strait. Interesting to see that about half of the biomass in Antarctic waters is below 200 m depth. During the last decade, we have been arguing that vertical distribution of mesozooplankton and krill is of paramount importance to understand the flux of carbon in the Antarctic waters. As usual, the paper is available on request.

Welcome to Alejandro

Alejandro Vicente Ariza is a new member of the biological oceanography group. He was born in Almería. He studied biology at Granada University and I arrived three years ago to the Canary Islands to specialize in marine biology at La Laguna University (ULL), Tenerife island. He collaborated during two years with BIOECOMAC, the marine sciences group at the Animal Biology Department of the ULL. He graduated in 2008 and started to work in deep sea research thanks to a join project developed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the ULL. He enjoyed the study of an amazing marine community, the mesopelagic nekton. Now, he moved to Gran Canaria Island to work in the Biology Department of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University. He is going to work in the LUCIFER project to unveil the secrets of micronekton and the carbon flux due to diel vertical migrants. Good luck!!

Alejandro