Abrupt transitions of the top-down controlled Black Sea pelagic ecosystem during 1960-2000: Evidence for regime-shifts under strong fishery exploitation and nutrient enrichment modulated by climate-induced variations

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-242

  Oguz, Temel ^a   Gilbert, Denis ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternate states; Black Sea; Climatic variations; Eutrophication; Overfishing; Regime shift; Top down and bottom up controls

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BLACK SEA; CLIMATIC VARIATIONS; OVERFISHING; REGIME-SHIFT; TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP CONTROLS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; EUTROPHICATION; EXPLOITATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OVERFISHING; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 33846834036     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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