Environmental change in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean: Review of ENSO and decadal variability

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 244, Issue , 2002, Pages 265-283

  Fiedler, Paul C ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decadal variability; Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean; ENSO; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037196046     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps244265     Document Type: Review

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