Variation among northeast Atlantic regions in the responses of zooplankton to climate change: Not all areas follow the same path

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 120-131

  McGinty, N ^a   Power, A M ^a   Johnson, M P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Calanus; Clustering; Continuous Plankton Recorder; Ecosystem management; Phenology; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BIOINDICATOR; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; COPEPODA; PARACALANUS; PSEUDOCALANUS;

EID: 79955124262     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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