Zooplankton anomalies in the California current system before and during the warm ocean conditions of 2005

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Mackas, D L ^a   Peterson, W T ^b   Ohman, M D ^c   Lavaniegos, B E ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

WARM OCEAN CONDITION; ZOOPLANKTON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIFE CYCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARM WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548595275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027930     Document Type: Article

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