Oceanographic changes in the North Pacific Ocean over the past century recorded in deep-water gorgonian corals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 335, Issue , 2007, Pages 85-94

  Williams, Branwen ^a,d   Risk, Mike ^b   Stone, Robert ^c   Sinclair, Daniel ^a   Ghaleb, Bassam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Deep water corals; North Pacific; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHRONOLOGY; CORAL; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA;

EID: 34249341727     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps335085     Document Type: Article

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