The influence of climate variability and change on the ecosystems of the Barents Sea and adjacent waters: Review and synthesis of recent studies from the NESSAS Project

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 47-61

  Drinkwater, Kenneth F ^a  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC CYCLONES; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BARENTS SEA; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXTERNAL FORCING; FISH PRODUCTION; FISH SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL CHANGES; FUTURE CLIMATE; GULF OF MAINE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PELAGIC SPECIES; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; POSSIBLE FUTURES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SUB-ARCTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ECOSYSTEMS; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY; STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; CYCLONE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISH; GYRE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; GULF OF MAINE; NORWEGIAN SEA;

CLUPEIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 79956344533     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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