Current state and trends in Canadian Arctic marine ecosystems: I. Primary production

Climatic Change

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-178

  Tremblay, Jean Éric ^a   Robert, Dominique ^a   Varela, Diana E ^b   Lovejoy, Connie ^a   Darnis, Gérald ^a   Nelson, R John ^c   Sastri, Akash R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC MARINE; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CLIMATE WARMING; COASTAL AREA; COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOOD WEBS; GROWTH SEASON; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES; MARINE FOOD WEB; MARINE MAMMALS; OFFSHORE AREA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE; SURFACE LAYERS;

MAMMALS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL WARMING; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84867674318     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0496-3     Document Type: Article

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