Regional warming-induced species shift in north-west mediterranean marine caves

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-379

  Chevaldonne P ^a   Lejeusne, C ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Hemimysis; Marine caves; Mysidacea; NW Mediterranean; Regional warming; Species shift; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAVE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CRUSTACEA; HEMIMYSIS; INVERTEBRATA; MYSIDACEA; MYSIDAE;

EID: 0037398195     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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