Climate change effects on aquatic biota, ecosystem structure and function

Ambio

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 359-369

  Wrona, Frederick J ^a   Prowse, Terry D ^a   Reist, James D ^b   Hobbie, John E ^c   Lévesque, Lucie M J ^d   Vincent, Warwick F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BIRD; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MAMMALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARCTIC;

ANATIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845934137     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2006)35[359:CCEOAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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