Ocean circulation off east Antarctica affects ecosystem structure and sea-ice extent

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6795, 2000, Pages 504-507

  Nicol, Stephen ^a   Pauly, Tim ^a   Bindoff, Nathan L ^b   Wright, Simon ^a   Thiele, Deborah ^c   Hosle, Graham W ^a   Strutton, Peter G ^d,e   Woehler, Eric ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c School of Ecology and Environment   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; ICE; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WHALES;

ANTARCTICA;

AVES; CETACEA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; SALPA; SALPA THOMPSONI; SALPIDA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0034601473     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35020053     Document Type: Article

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