A major ecosystem shift in the northern Bering sea

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5766, 2006, Pages 1461-1464

  Grebmeier, Jacqueline M ^a   Overland, James E ^b   Moore, Sue E ^b   Farley, Ed V ^c   Carmack, Eddy C ^d   Cooper, Lee W ^a   Frey, Karen E ^e   Helle, John H ^c   McLaughlin, Fiona A ^d   McNutt, S Lyn ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEA ICE;

CARBON PRODUCTION; MARINE MAMMAL; PELAGIC FISH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON; ICE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; SEA ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DUCKS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; WALRUSES; WHALES;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644849194     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1121365     Document Type: Article

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