Climate and Chlorophyll a: Long-Term Trends in the Central North Pacific Ocean
- 2 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 238 (4823), 70-72
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.238.4823.70
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
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