A Review of Apparent 20th Century Changes in the Presence of Mussels (Mytilus trossulus) and Macroalgae in Arctic Alaska, and of Historical and Paleontological Evidence Used to Relate Mollusc Distributions to Climate Change

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-407

  Feder, Howard M ^a   Norton, David W ^a   Geller, Jonathan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrow; Beaufort Sea; Benthic substrates; Cenozoic fossil molluscs; Chukchi Sea; Climate change; Dispersal mechanisms; Estuarine refugia; Laminaria; Marine predation; Mytilus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PALEONTOLOGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA SACCHARINA; LAMINARIA SOLIDUNGULA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 1042303056     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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