Detecting the impact of oceano-climatic changes on marine ecosystems using a multivariate index: The case of the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic-European Ocean)

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-38

  Hemery, Georges ^a   D'amico, Frank ^b   Castege, Iker ^a   Dupont, Bernard ^c   D'elbee, Jean ^d   Lalanne, Yann ^b   Mouches, Claude ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^d LAPHY 1341 chemin d'Agerrea ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Abundance patterns; Cetaceans; Climatic index; Disturbance ecology; Fish stocks; Oil spills; Regime shifts; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ALCA; ANIMALIA; CETACEA; GADIFORMES; HYDROBATINAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 36849063857     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01471.x     Document Type: Article

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