Does positioning of the North Pacific Current affect downstream ecosystem productivity?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Sydeman, William J ^a,b   Thompson, Sarah Ann ^a   Field, John C ^c   Peterson, William T ^d   Tanasichuk, Ronald W ^e   Freeland, Howard J ^f   Bograd, Steven J ^c   Rykaczewski, Ryan R ^g  

^a FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; NORTH PACIFIC; PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS; POLEWARD SHIFT; SUB-ARCTIC; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARRAY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; GYRE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79959692843     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047212     Document Type: Article

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