Control of Mesoscale Eddies on the Vertical Nitrate Distribution and the Nitracline Shape and Depth in Open Ocean Waters of the Gulf of Mexico

Jorge Velasquez1, Victor F Camacho-Ibar2, Erika Lee1, Augusto Valencia3 and Armando Trasviña-Castro4, (1)Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (2)Autonomous University of Baja California- UABC, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Ensenada, Mexico, (3)Autonomous University of Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (4)CICESE, La Paz, BAJ, Mexico