Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) modulates dynamics of small pelagic fishes and ecosystem regime shifts in the eastern North and Central Atlantic

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-35

  Alheit, Jürgen ^a   Licandro, Priscilla ^b   Coombs, Steve ^c   Garcia, Alberto ^d   Giráldez, Ana ^d   Santamaría, Maria Teresa Garcia ^e   Slotte, Aril ^f   Tsikliras, Athanassios C ^g  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^e Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; Climate variability; Clupeoid fishes; Eastern North and Central Atlantic; North Atlantic subpolar gyre

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CENTRAL ATLANTIC; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SUBPOLAR GYRES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; GYRE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIGRATION; PELAGIC FISH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; CLUPEIFORMES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; PISCES; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SARDINELLA; SARDINELLA AURITA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 84893720528     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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