The response of marine ecosystems to climate variability associated with the North Atlantic oscillation

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 134, Issue , 2003, Pages 211-234

  Drinkwater, Kenneth F ^a   Belgrano, Andrea ^b   Borja, Angel ^c   Conversi, Alessandra ^d,e,f   Edwards, Martin ^g   Greene, Charles H ^h   Ottersen, Geir ⁱ   Pershing, Andrew J ^h   Walker, Henry ^j  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Research Council ^*  (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^h Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 85026854994     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/134GM10     Document Type: Chapter

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