A statistical analysis of climate variability and ecosystem response in the German Bight

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 169-186

  Schlüter, Merja H ^a   Merico, Agostino ^a   Wiltshire, Karen H ^b   Greve, Wulf ^c   Von Storch, Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; German Bight; Helgoland Roads; Long term trend; Marine ecosystem; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; ROUGH SET THEORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CALANOID COPEPODS; CALANUS; CHEMICAL COMPONENTS; CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; COASTAL REGIONS; DRIVING VARIABLES; DYNAMIC REGIMES; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES; ENVIRONMENTAL FORCING; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; FROST DAYS; GERMAN BIGHT; GULF STREAMS; HELGOLAND ROADS; HELGOLANDICUS; LESSER EXTENTS; LONG-TERM TREND; LOW CORRELATIONS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIPLE TROPHIC LEVELS; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; NORTH SEAS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REGIME SHIFTS; SECCHI DEPTHS; SPATIAL SCALES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC LEVELS; ZOO PLANKTONS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AMMONIUM; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; GADIFORMES; NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS; PLEUROBRACHIA PILEUS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 55849105211     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-008-0146-5     Document Type: Article

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