Red-Water Blooms off Northern Chile, April-May 1956, with Reference to the Ecology of the Swordfish and the Striped Marlin

Abstract

From mid-April to early May 1956 the writer participated in the University of Miami-Lou Marron Pacific Billfish Expedition off northern Chile in the Peru Coastal Current (Sverdrup et al., 1942: 701-702). During this period, water temperatures and plankton tows were taken, and observations were made on the biology and distribution of several planktonic and nektonic species.