Synchronous response of marine plankton ecosystems to climate in the Northeast Atlantic and the North Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-202

  Goberville, Eric ^a   Beaugrand, Gregory ^a,b   Edwards, Martin ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Large scale hydro climatic indices; Long term changes; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; COMPARATIVE APPROACH; LARGE-SCALE HYDRO-CLIMATIC INDICES; LONG-TERM CHANGES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EARTH SCIENCE; GLOBAL WARMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANKTON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84888431663     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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