Decomposing the effects of ocean warming on chlorophyll a concentrations into physically and biologically driven contributions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Olonscheck, D ^a,b   Hofmann, M ^a   Worm, B ^c   Schellnhuber, H J ^a,d  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; climate change; global modelling study; ocean biogeochemistry; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING; CARBON CYCLES; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL MODELLING; LOWER TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITIES; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCES; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIONS;

PLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84876172045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014043     Document Type: Article

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