Monitoring marine plankton ecosystems: Identification of the most relevant indicators of the state of an ecosystem

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 138-154

  Ibañez, Frédéric ^a   Beaugrand, Grégory ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Information theory; Marine ecosystems; Monitoring; Plankton indicators; Related information measures

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; INFORMATION THEORY; OCEAN HABITATS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BIOLOGICAL VARIABLES; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DIVERSITY MEASURES; EUROPEAN; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONITORING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTH SEA; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEMS; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PLANKTON INDICATORS; R EGIME SHIFTS; RELATED INFORMATION MEASURES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 48549094008     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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