Multidecadal North Atlantic climate variability and its effect on North American salmon abundance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Condron, Alan ^a   DeConto, Robert ^b   Bradley, Raymond S ^b   Juanes, Francis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; FISHERIES; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; SALMON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY; SALMONID; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 31544434852     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024239     Document Type: Article

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