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EXTRACT (SEE PDF FOR FULL ABSTRACT):It is increasingly apparent that a major reorganization of the Northeast Pacific biota transpired following a climatic "regime shift" in the mid-1970s. In this paper, we characterize the effects of interdecadal climate forcing on the oceanic ecosystems of the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
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OceanographyEcosystemBiotaForcing (mathematics)Pacific oceanPacific decadal oscillationEnvironmental scienceClimatologyMarine ecosystemClimate changeGeologyEcologyBiology
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Robert C. Francis,
Steven R. Hare,
Anne B. Hollowed
et al.
(1996).
Effects of interdecadal climate variability on the oceanic ecosystems of the northeast Pacific Ocean [abstract].
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