5. Ecological impacts of the 2015/16 El Niño in the central equatorial Pacific

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2018, Pages S21-S26

  Brainard, Russell E ^a   Oliver, Thomas ^b   McPhaden, Michael J ^c   Cohen, Anne ^d   Venegas, Roberto ^b   Heenan, Adel ^b   Vargas Angel, Bernardo ^b   Rotjan, Randi ^e   Mangubhai, Sangeeta ^f   Flint, Elizabeth ^g   Hunter, Susan A ^g  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Fiji)

^g U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 85042755008     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0128.1     Document Type: Article

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