The impact of El Niño events on the pelagic food chain in the northern California Current

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4401-4414

  Fisher, Jennifer L ^a   Peterson, William T ^b   Rykaczewski, Ryan R ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Climate change; Copepod; Eastern Pacific and Central Pacific El Ni o; Food chain; Northern California Current; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Trophic transfer; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOOD CHAIN; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; COPEPODA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; COPEPOD; EL NINO; FOOD CHAIN; HEAT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; COPEPODA; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOOD CHAIN; HOT TEMPERATURE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASONS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84946761521     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13054     Document Type: Article

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