Declining oxygen in the northeast Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 495-501

  Pierce, Stephen D ^a   Barth, John A ^a   Kipp Shearman, R ^a   Erofeev, Anatoli Y ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem effects; North pacific ocean; Ship observations; Trends

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER GLIDERS; DENSITY SURFACES; DEPTH RANGE; ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS; HISTORICAL DATA; NEWPORT; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; QUALITY DATA; SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS; SUMMER UPWELLING; TIME-BLOCK; TRENDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING;

OXYGEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING;

OREGON SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84861477050     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0170.1     Document Type: Article

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