Climate‐driven trends and ecological implications of event‐scale upwelling in the <scp>C</scp>alifornia <scp>C</scp>urrent <scp>S</scp>ystem

C. Iles, Alison; C. Gouhier, Tarik; A. Menge, Bruce; S. Stewart, Julia; J. Haupt, Alison; C. Lynch, Margaret

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02567.x

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Climate‐driven trends and ecological implications of event‐scale upwelling in the California Current System

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Authors:

Alison C. Iles

Tarik C. Gouhier

Bruce A. Menge

Abstract

Abstract Eastern boundary current systems are among the most productive and lucrative ecosystems on E arth because they benefit from upwelling currents. Upwelling currents subsidize the base of the coastal food web by bringing deep, cold and nutrient‐rich water to the surface. As upwelling is driven...

Subject

Upwelling

Intertidal zone

Oceanography

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