Estuarine ecosystem response captured using a synoptic climatology

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-409

  Kimmel, David G ^a,c   Miller, W David ^a,b   Harding Jr , Lawrence W ^a   Houde, Edward D ^a   Roman, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Estuary; Large scale climate indices; Multiple trophic levels; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 65049090058     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9147-y     Document Type: Article

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