Ocean surface warming: The North Atlantic remains within the envelope of previous recorded conditions

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-162

  Hobson, Victoria J ^a   McMahon, Clive R ^a,b   Richardson, Anthony ^c,d   Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; ICOADS; Range extension; SST

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FISH; HEATING; ISOTHERMS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

MARINE SYSTEMS; OCEAN SURFACE WARMING; WARM AIR TEMPERATURES;

SURFACE WATERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ISOTHERM; RANGE EXPANSION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

TESTUDINES;

EID: 38649102483     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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