The North Sea regime shift: Evidence, causes, mechanisms and consequences

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 245-262

  Beaugrand, Grégory ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WIND EFFECTS;

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTONS; TAXONOMIC GROUP;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE FORCING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 2142651731     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.02.018     Document Type: Review

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