The effects of global climate change on seagrasses

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 169-196

  Short, Frederick T ^a   Neckles, Hilary A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate; Eelgrass; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; Macrophyte; Sea level rise; Seagrass; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

AQUATIC FLORA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRASS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0032894779     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00117-X     Document Type: Review

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