Silver hake tracks changes in Northwest Atlantic circulation

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Nye, Janet A ^a,c   Joyce, Terrence M ^b   Kwon, Young Oh ^b   Link, Jason S ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FISH; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GULF STREAM; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GADIFORMES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MARINE BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW;

MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GADIFORMES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 79961204815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1420     Document Type: Article

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