Climate and Chlorophyll a: Long-Term Trends in the Central North Pacific Ocean

Abstract

Since 1968 a significant increase in total chlorophyll a in the water column during the summer in the central North Pacific Ocean has been observed. A concomitant increase in winter winds and a decrease in sea surface temperature suggest that long-period fluctuations in atmospheric characteristics have changed the carrying capacity of the central Pacific epipelagic ecosystem.

Keywords

OceanographyWater columnEnvironmental sciencePelagic zoneChlorophyll aSea surface temperatureEcosystemClimatologyPacific oceanMarine ecosystemPacific decadal oscillationGeologyBiologyEcology

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography US

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Year: 1987
Type: article
Volume: 238
Issue: 4823
Pages: 70-72
Citations: 301
Access: Closed

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                                    E. L. Venrick, 
                                
                                    John A. McGowan, 
                                
                                    Daniel R. Cayan
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1987). 
                            Climate and Chlorophyll a: Long-Term Trends in the Central North Pacific Ocean. 
                            Science
                            , 238
                            (4823)
                            , 70-72.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.238.4823.70
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/science.238.4823.70