Table 1. Monthly variations in environmental factors (i.e., sea surface temperature in °C and chlorophyll a concentration in mg m³) from 2017 off the northern Chilean coast.

Parameters	January	February	March	April	May	June	July*	August*	September*	October*	November*	December
Temperature(°C)	21.37 ± 0.64	22.31 ± 0.51	22.89 ± 0.94	22.15 ± 0.77	20.94 ± 0.43	18.96 ± 0.46	18.37 ± 0.38	17.72 ± 0.72	17.23 ± 0.66	17.38 ± 0.51	17.96 ± 0.43	18.58 ± 1.01
Chlorophyll(mg m3)	0.15 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.03	0.14 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.05	0.26 ± 0.06	0.29 ± 0.08	0.29 ± 0.05	0.25 ± 0.02	0.27 ± 0.03	0.25 ± 0.04	0.26 ± 0.05

Note:

Asterisks indicate sampling months (August, September, October and November).