Projected expansion of the subtropical biome and contraction of the temperate and equatorial upwelling biomes in the North Pacific under global warming

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 986-995

  Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Dunne, John P ^b   Woodworth, Phoebe A ^a   Howell, Evan A ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomes; climate model; global warming; North Pacific; ocean biogeochemistry model

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOME; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARRYING CAPACITY; CATCH COMPOSITION; CLIMATE MODELING; FISH; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT TYPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79959496302     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq198     Document Type: Article

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