Not exact matches
High - frequency associations (not shown here) remain strong throughout the whole record, but average density levels have continuously fallen while temperatures in recent decades have risen... As yet, the reason is not known, but analyses of time - dependent regional comparisons suggest that it is associated with a tendency towards loss of «spring»
growth response (Briffa et al., 1 999b) and, at least for
subarctic Siberia, it may be connected with changes in the timing of spring snowmelt (Vaganov et al., 1999).
«Iron Deficiency limits phytoplankton
growth in the north - east Pacific
Subarctic.»
See e.g.: Vaganov, E.A., M.K. Hughes, A.V. Kirdyanov, F.H. Schweingruber, and P.P. Silkin, Influence of Snowfall and Melt Timing on Tree
Growth in
Subarctic Eurasia, Nature, 400 (July 8), 149 - 151, 1999.