An oceanographic, meteorological, and biological "perfect storm" yields a massive fish kill

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 468, Issue , 2012, Pages 231-243

  Stauffer, Beth A ^a,c   Gellene, Alyssa G ^a   Schnetzer, Astrid ^a,d   Seubert, Erica L ^a   Oberg, Carl ^b   Sukhatme, Gaurav S ^b   Caron, David A ^a  

^a Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish kill; Hypoxia; Mixing; Nearshore embayment; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; HYPOXIA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS MORTALITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION; TOXIN;

CALIFORNIA; REDONDO BEACH; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84869189395     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09927     Document Type: Article

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