Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation on sea ice breeding habitats of harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus) across the North Atlantic

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 261-266

  Friedlaender, Ari S ^a,b   Johnston, David W ^b   Halpin, Patrick N ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING HABITATS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE DYNAMICS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NAO INDEX; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OUT OF PHASE; PHOCID SEALS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SATELLITE-DERIVED IMAGES; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; SEA-ICE COVER; WHITE SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; SEA ICE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; ICE COVER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SURVIVAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; WHITE SEA;

PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 77957112782     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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