Phytoplankton in the California Current system off southern California: Changes in a changing environment

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-58

  Venrick, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; ENSO EVENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL; O-CONDITIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCES; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN HABITATS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LA NINA; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

HYALOCHAETE;

EID: 84866287385     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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