Recent oceanic changes in the Arctic in the context of long-term observations

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1745-1764

  Polyakov, Igor V ^a   Bhatt, Uma S ^a   Walsh, John E ^a   Abrahamsen, E Povl ^b   Pnyushkov, Andrey V ^a   Wassmann, Paul F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate; Climate change; Trajectory of the Arctic

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAGNITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

FRESH WATER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEA; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; OCEANS AND SEAS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884695058     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0902.1     Document Type: Article

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