Zooplankton and the North Atlantic oscillation: A basin-scale analysis

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1039-1046

  Piontkovski, Sergey A ^a,b   O'Brien, Todd D ^c   Umani, Serena F ^d   Krupa, Elena G ^e   Stuge, Tamara S ^e   Balymbetov, Kyanish S ^f   Grishaeva, Olga V ^f   Kasymov, Abdul G ^g  

^a A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e Institute of Fishery   (Kazakhstan)

^f Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^g Ministry of Science and Education Republic of Azerbaijan   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; INLAND SEA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEAN BASIN; TIME SERIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33750433522     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl037     Document Type: Article

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