Ecological responses to climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula

American Scientist

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-310

  McClintock, James ^a   Ducklow, Hugh ^b   Fraser, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Polar Oceans Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLACIER; ICE BREAKUP; ICE RETREAT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ANVERS ISLAND; PALMER STATION; WEST ANTARCTICA;

INVERTEBRATA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 49049103954     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2008.73.3844     Document Type: Article

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