Deep ocean communities impacted by changing climate over 24 y in the abyssal northeast Pacific Ocean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 49, 2013, Pages 19838-19841

  Smith, Kenneth L ^a   Ruhl, Henry A ^b   Kahru, Mati ^c   Huffard, Christine L ^a   Sherman, Alana D ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP SEA; LAKE SEDIMENT; MEASUREMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP-SEA ECOLOGY;

BIOTA; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD CHAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84889668359     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1315447110     Document Type: Article

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