Emergence of multiple ocean ecosystem drivers in a large ensemble suite with an Earth system model

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3301-3320

  Rodgers, K B ^a   Lin, J ^b   Frolicher T L ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CORAL REEF; GLOBAL OCEAN; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84930934477     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3301-2015     Document Type: Article

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