Climate variability and ocean production in the Leeuwin Current system off the west coast of Western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-81

  Feng, M ^a   Waite, A M ^b   Thompson, P A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Climate change; Eddies; ENSO; Nitrocline

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EDDY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77957313754     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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