Marine lake ecosystem dynamics illustrate ENSO variation in the tropical western Pacific

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-147

  Martin, Laura E ^a   Dawson, Michael N ^b   Bell, Lori J ^a   Colin, Patrick L ^a  

^a Coral Reef Research Foundation ^*  (Palau)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Marine lake; Population dynamics; Scyphozoa; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EL NINO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COELENTERATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; JELLYFISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICS;

COELENTERATA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33644905547     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0382     Document Type: Article

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