Long-term changes in plankton community structure and productivity in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: The domain shift hypothesis

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1449-1470

  Karl, D M ^a,b   Bidigare, R R ^a   Letelier, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; FISHERIES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; PHOSPHATES; SILICATES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

PLANKTONIC COMMUNITIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GYRE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035031306     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00149-1     Document Type: Article

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