Climate: From anchovies to sardines and back: Multidecadal change in the Pacific Ocean

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5604, 2003, Pages 217-221

  Chavez, Francisco P ^a   Ryan, John ^a   Lluch Cota, Salvador E ^b   Ñiquen, C Miguel ^c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Fisheries Ecology Program   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER RESOURCES;

ANCHOVIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; SEA WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ANCHOVY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON CYCLING; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM; EL NINO; FISH; FISHERY; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; TUNA; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ATMOSPHERE; BIRD; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANCHOA; CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BIRDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037428447     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1075880     Document Type: Review

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