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Global ecological consequences of the 1982-83 El Nino-Southern Oscillation /

El N�io is a meteorologic/oceanographic phenomenon that occurs sporadically (every few years) at low latitudes. It is felt particularly strongly in the eastern Pacific region, notably from the equator southwards along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru. The El N�io is a component o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Glynn, Peter W., 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1990.
Colección:Elsevier oceanography series ; 52.
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  • Physical Aspects of the El N�io Event of 1982-1983. Nutrients and Productivity During the 1982/83 El N�io. Coral Mortality and Disturbances to Coral Reefs in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. The Effects of the El N�io/Southern Oscillation on the Dispersal of Corals and Other Marine Organisms. Oceanic currents in the tropical and subtropical Pacific. Coral Mortality Outside of the Eastern Pacific During 1982-1983: Relationship to El N�io. El N�io and the History of Eastern Pacific Reef Building. Reef-Building Corals and Identification of ENSO Warming Episodes. Trace Element Indicators of Climate Variability in Reef-Building Corals. Historical Aspects of El N�io/Southern Oscillation
  • Information from Tree Rings. Effects of El N�io 1982-83 on Benthos, Fish and Fisheries off the South American Pacific Coast. Effects of the 1982-83 El N�io-Southern Oscillation Event on Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus Cristatus Bell, 1825) The Gulf of Panama and El N�io Events: The Fate of Two Refugee Boobies from the 1982-83 Event. Seabirds and the 1982-1984 El N�io/Southern Oscillation. El N�io's Effect on South American Pinniped Species. Bottoms Beneath Troubled Waters: Benthic Impacts of the 1982-1984 El N�io in the Temperate Zone. The Impact of the ``El N�io'' Drought of 1982-83 on a Panamanian Semideciduous Forest. The Botanical Response of the Atacama and Peruvian Desert Floras. An Ecological Crisis in an Evolutionary Context: El N & itilde;no in the Eastern Pacific. Subject index. Geographic index. (full contents are available upon request to the publisher).