Climate-ocean variability and ecosystem response in the Northeast Pacific

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5374, 1998, Pages 210-217

  McGowan, John A ^a   Cayan, Daniel R ^a   Dorman, LeRoy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST;

EID: 0032504005     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5374.210     Document Type: Review

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