Trophic modeling of the Northern Humboldt Current Ecosystem, Part II: Elucidating ecosystem dynamics from 1995 to 2004 with a focus on the impact of ENSO

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 79, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 366-378

  Taylor, Marc H ^a   Tam, Jorge ^b   Blaskovic, Verónica ^b   Espinoza, Pepe ^b   Michael Ballon R ^b,c   Wosnitza Mendo, Claudia ^b   Argüelles, Juan ^b   Díaz, Erich ^b   Purca, Sara ^b   Ochoa, Noemi ^d   Ayón, Patricia ^b   Goya, Elisa ^b   Gutiérrez, Dimitri ^b   Quipuzcoa, Luis ^b   Wolff, Matthias ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Ecosystem disturbance; El Ni o phenomena; Peru Humboldt Current; Trophic relationships; Trophodynamic model

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; MEATS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COASTAL UPWELLING; ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE; PERU HUMBOLDT CURRENT; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS; TROPHODYNAMIC MODEL;

ECOLOGY;

DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FISH; IMMIGRATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; PLANKTON; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS RINGENS;

EID: 56349157124     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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