Climate change, pink salmon, and the nexus between bottom-up and top-down forcing in the subarctic Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea

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

Volumn 111, Issue 18, 2014, Pages

  Springer, Alan M ^a   Van Vliet, Gus B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Independent   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Consumer front; Exploitative competition; Interaction strength; Ocean ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUTCH SIZE; HATCHING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SEA; SEABIRD; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CARRYING CAPACITY; CONSUMER FRONT; EXPLOITATIVE COMPETITION; INTERACTION STRENGTH; OCEAN ECOLOGY;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALMON;

EID: 84899804358     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1319089111     Document Type: Article

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