North-south contrasts in decadal scale variations in lower trophic-level ecosystems in the Japan Sea

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 401-412

  Chiba, S ^a   Hirota, Y ^b   Hasegawa, S ^c   Saino, T ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate; Decadal scale variation; Japan Sea; Lower trophic level; PDO; Plankton; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; PLANKTON; TROPHIC LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; LAYER; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TSUSHIMA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 28444473815     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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