Decadal fluctuations in North Atlantic water inflow in the North Sea between 1958-2003: Impacts on temperature and phytoplankton populations

Oceanologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-72

  Leterme, Sophie C ^a   Pingree, Robin D ^b   Skogen, Morten D ^c   Seuront, Laurent ^a,d   Reid, Philip C ^e   Attril, Martin J ^f  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^e THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Ocean circulation; Plankton; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INFLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 42549165156     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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