Historical whaling records reveal major regional retreat of Antarctic sea ice

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-252

  Cotté, Cédric ^a   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic zone; Environmental assessment; Long term changes; Sea ice; Whaling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC ZONE; LONG-TERM CHANGES; WHALING;

WHALING VESSELS;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEA ICE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WHALING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 33846841004     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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