Impact of climate change on long-term zooplankton biomass in the upwelling region of the Gulf of Guinea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-324

  Wiafe, George ^a   Yaqub, Hawa B ^b   Mensah, Martin A ^b   Frid, Christopher L J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Marine Fisheries Research Division   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calanoides carinatus; Climate change; Global warming; Gulf of Guinea; Sardinella; Upwelling; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GLOBAL WARMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

CALANOIDES CARINATUS; COPEPODA; SARDINELLA;

EID: 44649198568     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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