Forcing and biological impact of onset of the 1992 El Niño in central California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-268

  Chavez, Francisco P ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; CALIFORNIA; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; NUTRICLINE; OCEANIC KELVIN WAVES; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

NICKEL;

BIOLOGICAL IMPACT; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KELVIN WAVE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION ANOMALY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MONTEREY BAY;

EID: 0029729236     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00017     Document Type: Article

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