The IEO coas al obse a o y: unde s anding
a iabili y o coas al ci cula ion and ecosys em
esponse o No h and No h Wes Ibe ia
Manuel Ruiz Villa eal, Luz Ga cía, Ma cos Cobas
Ins i u o Español de Oceanog a ía, A Co uña Oceanog aphic Cen e
manue[email p o ec ed].es
IEO Oceanog aphic
Sec ions
Moni o ing Sys em
RADIALES (1989- …)
RadMed (1992- …)
RADPROF-VACLAN (2003- …)
S oca
(2010- …)
RAPROCAN (2006- …)
Cha ac e iza ion o oceanog aphic
condi ions wi h moni o ing c uises
Ruiz-Villa eal e al. 2006, P es ige special issue, MPB

Va iabili y o oceanog aphic condi ions in esponse o wind
e en s du ing Pelacus sp ing c uises
Tempo al and spa ial a iabili y o he sp ing bloom.
Po o
Viana
Au umn 2013: Dynophysis acu a (HAB species, DSP oxin)
and Along-sho e anspo
100m
Conclusions
The IEO obse ing sys em in N-NW Ibe ia
cha ac e izes a iabili y o hyd odynamics and
o he ecosys em
A modelling sys em is alida ed by he
obse ing sys em a di e en scales (wind
e en s, seasonal, in e annual)
P oduc s o ishe ies and aquacul u e sec o s
a e de eloped based in nume ical model
combined wi h obse a ions

Ins i u o Español de Oceanog a ía
Founded in 1914
Odón de Buen
Founde o IEO 1916: Launching a plank on ne on a c uise on boa d he
Spanish Na y gunboa He nán Co és, 1916, in he coas al
wa e s o no hwes Spain
“Changes in ocean a iables obey laws and cycles ha mus be known, i is
necessa y o ga he da a o a e y long ime…as a means o o ecas he wea he
a sea o he ad an age o sea a e s and a me s”
Odón de Buen, as ci ed in Pa illa, 18(4) Oceanog aphy, 2005