Anomalous conditions in the south-eastern Bering Sea 1997: Linkages among climate, weather, ocean, and biology

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-68

  Napp, Jeffrey M ^a   Hunt Jr , George L ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apex predators; Bering Sea; Biogeochemical cycles; Climate change; Emiliania huxleyi; Food webs; Marine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; WEATHER;

BERING SEA;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 0035003366     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2001.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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