Potential impacts of climate change on the primary production of regional seas: A comparative analysis of five European seas

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 140, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-115

  Holt, Jason ^a   Schrum, Corinna ^b,c   Cannaby, Heather ^a,d   Daewel, Ute ^c,e   Allen, Icarus ^f   Artioli, Yuri ^f   Bopp, Laurent ^g   Butenschon, Momme ^f   Fach, Bettina A ^d   Harle, James ^a   Pushpadas, Dhanya ^c,e   Salihoglu, Baris ^d   Wakelin, Sarah ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^f PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; PROCESS CONTROL;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIXING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OPEN OCEAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STRATIFICATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BARENTS SEA; BLACK SEA; EUROPE;

EID: 84951992179     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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