Decadal-scale changes in the climate and biota of the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean, 1950s to the 1990s

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-182

  Ainley, David G ^a   Clarke, Elizabeth D ^b   Arrigo, Kevin ^c   Fraser, William R ^d   Kato, Akiko ^e   Barton, Kerry J ^f   Wilson, Peter R ^f  

^a H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Polar Oceans Research Group   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Antarctic; Antarctic Oscillation; Climate change; Emperor penguin; Minke whale; Polynya; Regime shift; Sea ice; Southern Annular Mode; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA ICE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20744431930     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102005002567     Document Type: Article

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