Long-term changes in zooplankton and the climate of the North Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 644-654

  Planque, Benjamin ^a,b   Taylor, Arnold H ^c  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Calanus helgolandicus; Climate change; Continuous Plankton Recorder; Copepods; Gulf Stream; North Atlantic Oscillation; Plankton

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032144679     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1998.0390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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