Changes in Coastal Ecosystem in the NE Ocean

• Main Authors: Harrison, Paul J., Whitney, Frank, Mackas, David, Beamish, Richard, Trudel, Marc, Perry, R. Ian
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Coastal ecosystems; Pacific Ocean; British Columbia (Canada); El Niño; La Niña; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-2345; http://repository.ust.hk/ir/bitstream/1783.1-2345/1/HarrisonJapanMSFinalChangesecosystem.pdf

Regime shifts and El Niño events can be viewed as natural large scale experiments that involve changes in salinity, temperature, nutrients, trace metals, and subsequent shifts in species composition in the ecosystem. The impacts of the 1997-98 El Niño event off the northwest coast of British Columbi...