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Francisco Chavez answers a
few questions about this month's fast breaking paper in the field of
Geosciences.
From
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Field:
Geosciences
Article Title: From anchovies to sardines and back: Multidecadal change in the Pacific Ocean
Authors: Chavez,
FP;Ryan, J;Lluch-Cota, SE;Niquen, M
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 299
Page: 217-221
Year: JAN 10 2003
* Monterey Bay Aquarium Res Inst, 7700 Sandholdt Rd, Moss Landing, CA 95039 USA.
* Monterey Bay Aquarium Res Inst, Moss Landing, CA 95039 USA.
* NW Biol Res Ctr, Fisheries Program, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico.
* Inst Mar Peru, Callao, Peru.
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 Why
do you think your paper is highly cited?
To quote one of my co-authors, "besides being a darn
good paper," it is a synthesis of available data that has
consequences for several hot topics: climate change, fisheries,
ocean observatories, and the relationship between science and
resource management.
Does
it describe a new discovery or a new methodology that's useful to
others?
Good question, because many highly cited papers tend to be
methods papers. In this case the conceptual model developed in
the paper allows others to make sense of their observations.
Could
you summarize the significance of your paper in layman's terms?
It relates decade to decade changes in the ocean (from
currents to fish) to changes in climate. These changes are
large-scale in that changes that happen close to Indonesia, for
example, can be related to changes that occur off Alaska.
How
did you become involved in this research?
When I was a graduate student I went to Peru to study the
normal upwelling that occurs there. And then the 1982-83 El
Niño happened and my scientific career never recovered.
Francisco Chavez
Senior Scientist
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Moss Landing, CA, USA
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ESI Special Topics,
February 2004
Citing URL - http://www.esi-topics.com/fbp/2004/february04-FranciscoChavez.html
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