Multi-decadal variations in stable N isotopes of California Current zooplankton

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-55

  Ohman, Mark D ^a   Rau, Greg H ^b   Hull, Pincelli M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current System; Chaetognaths; Climate change; Copepods; El Ni o; Stable N isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALANUS; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; CHAETOGNATHS; COPEPODS; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; FOOD WEBS; INTERANNUAL; ISOTOPIC SHIFT; LONG TERM STABILITY; MIXED LAYER; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; O-CONDITIONS; PELAGIC FOOD WEB; PRIMARY MECHANISM; SAGITTA; SECULAR TREND; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIME-PERIODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN HABITATS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPES;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CRUSTACEAN; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; STABILIZATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALANUS PACIFICUS; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; EUCALANUS CALIFORNICUS; PARASAGITTA EUNERITICA; SERRATOSAGITTA BIERII;

EID: 82455219092     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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