Ecosystem changes in the North Pacific subtropical gyre attributed to the 1991–92 El Niño

Nature

Volumn 373, Issue 6511, 1995, Pages 230-234

  Karl, D M ^a   Letelier, R ^a   Hebel, D ^a   Tupas, L ^a   Dore, J ^a   Christian, J ^a   Winn, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE; EL NINO; GYRES; NITROGEN LIMITATION; NUTRIENT CYCLES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICS; WATER FLOW; WIND;

EID: 0028976875     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/373230a0     Document Type: Letter

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