Multivariate ocean-climate indicators (MOCI) for the central California Current: Environmental change, 1990-2010

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 352-369

  Sydeman, William J ^a,b,c   Thompson, Sarah Ann ^a,d   García Reyes, Marisol ^a   Kahru, Mati ^b   Peterson, William T ^e   Largier, John L ^c  

^a FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; WIND STRESS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; NORTHERN OSCILLATION INDICES; OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY;

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COOLING; CRUSTACEAN; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHING MORTALITY; GYRE; MARINE PARK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION GROWTH; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; WIND STRESS; ZOOPLANKTON; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; MODEL VALIDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 84891018119     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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