Drivers of trophic amplification of ocean productivity trends in a changing climate

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 7125-7135

  Stock, C A ^a   Dunne, J P ^a   John, J G ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84918566759     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-7125-2014     Document Type: Article

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