The late 1980s regime shift in the ecosystem of Tsushima warm current in the Japan/East Sea: Evidence from historical data and possible mechanisms

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 127-145

  Tian, Yongjun ^a   Kidokoro, Hideaki ^a   Watanabe, Tatsuro ^a   Iguchi, Naoki ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Ecosystem; Fish community structure; Regime shift; The Japan East Sea; Tsushima warm current

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; FISH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLIMATIC REGIME SHIFT; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE PROCESS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COOLING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; THERMAL REGIME; WARMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TSUSHIMA CURRENT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CEPHALOPODA; CLEISTHENES HERZENSTEINI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; EOPSETTA GRIGORJEWI; GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SCOMBRIDAE; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 44149112251     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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