Abstract

"The objective of this study was to make a review of the current state of knowledge on the Coastal Marine Protected Area (CMPA) Francisco Coloane in terms of the physical and chemical oceanography, the phyto-zooplankton compositions and the fish, birds and marine mammals species present, and provide temperature and salinity data collected during a marine survey carried out the 2012 fall season. Surface temperatures fluctuate between 2.0 and 9.0