Oxygen: A fundamental property regulating pelagic ecosystem structure in the coastal southeastern tropical pacific

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Bertrand, Arnaud ^a,b   Chaigneau, Alexis ^b,c   Peraltilla, Salvador ^b   Ledesma, Jesus ^b   Graco, Michelle ^b   Monetti, Florian ^b,d   Chavez, Francisco P ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN;

ANCHOVY; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PELAGIC FISH; PELAGIC ZONE; PERU; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SARDINE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPIC CLIMATE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH;

CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS RINGENS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; STOLEPHORUS PACIFICUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84555205286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029558     Document Type: Article

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