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Sub-project: “CHARACTERIZATION OF OCEANIC REGIONS OF ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE USING SATELLITE DATA” Proyecto financiado por la Fundación Antorchas (Julio 2004- Julio 2006). – TERMINADO

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The synoptic capabilities of remote sensors and the possibility to combine data from different sensors that estimates physical and biological variables, like sea surface temperature and chlorophyll concentration as an estimation of phytoplankton biomass, becomes a powerful tool that allows the characterisation of the surface layer of different water masses and its dynamics. Studying the temporal and spatial variability of these estimated variables and understanding the relationship between them and the distribution of marine living organisms could serve to define marine protected areas. The main objectives of this projects are: 1. to characterize different environments by identifying and analyzing spatial and temporal changes of chlorophyll-a concentration and sea surface temperature estimated by remote sensing; 2. to verify the accuracy of variables estimated in comparison with in situ data; 3. to understand the relationship between the different environments, oceanographic features and the distribution of marine organisms, like fishes, birds and mammals.