Biological impacts of the 2013–2015 warm-water anomaly in the northeast Pacific: Winners, Losers, and the Future

• Published in: Oceanography
• Main Authors: Cavole, LM, Demko, AM, Diner, RE, Giddings, A, Koester, I, Pagniello, CMLS, Paulsen, ML, Ramirez-Valdez, A, Schwenck, SM, Yen, NK, Zill, ME, Franks, PJS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Baja; Pacific; The Blob; Alaska; Copepods
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9tw814rr

© 2016 by The Oceanography Society. All rights reserved. A large patch of anomalously warm water (nicknamed “the Blob”) appeared off the coast of Alaska in the winter of 2013–2014 and subsequently stretched south to Baja California. This northeastern Pacific warm-water anomaly persisted through the...