Impact of climate change on zooplankton communities, seabird populations and arctic terrestrial ecosystem-A scenario

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 23-26, 2007, Pages 2934-2945

  Stempniewicz, Lech ^a   Błachowiak Samołyk, Katarzyna ^b   Wesławski, Jan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Nutrients; Seabirds; Terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COLD ARCTIC WATERS; MARINE BIRDS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC;

ALCIDAE; ALLE ALLE; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PINGUINUS; URIA;

EID: 36748999299     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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