Has the 1998 regime shift also occurred in the oceanographic conditions and lower trophic ecosystem of the Oyashio region?

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 661-669

  Kasai, Hiromi ^a   Ono, Tsuneo ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A line dataset; Oyashio region; Primary production; Regime shift; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DATA SET; OCEANIC CURRENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 68149161352     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-007-0058-x     Document Type: Article

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