Winter and summer upwelling modes and their biological importance in the California Current Ecosystem

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2536-2545

  Black, Bryan A ^a   Schroeder, Isaac D ^b   Sydeman, William J ^c,d   Bograd, Steven J ^b   Wells, Brian K ^b   Schwing, Franklin B ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassin's auklet; Chinook salmon; Climate change; Common murre; Dendrochronology; Rockfish; Sclerochronology; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OTOLITH; UPWELLING;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; SEBASTES DIPLOPROA; SEBASTES RUBERRIMUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 79959984651     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02422.x     Document Type: Article

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