Rapid reorganization in ocean biogeochemistry off Peru towards the end of the Little Ice Age

Climate and ocean ecosystem variability has been well recognized during the twentieth century but it is unclear if modern ocean biogeochemistry is susceptible to the large, abrupt shifts that characterized the Late Quaternary. Time series from marine sediments off Peru show an abrupt centennial-scal...

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Main Authors: D. Gutiérrez, A. Sifeddine, D. B. Field, L. Ortlieb, G. Vargas, F. P. Chávez, F. Velazco, V. Ferreira, P. Tapia, R. Salvatteci, H. Boucher, M. C. Morales, J. Valdés, J.-L. Reyss, A. Campusano, M. Boussafir, M. Mandeng-Yogo, M. García, T. Baumgartner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-05-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/835/2009/bg-6-835-2009.pdf