Consequences of regime shifts for marine food webs

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-268

  Alheit, Jürgen ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Food webs; NW Atlantic; Pacific; Regime shifts

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC CONTROL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 61349143825     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0232-9     Document Type: Article

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