Sea ice retreat alters the biogeography of the Bering Sea continental shelf

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-320

  Mueter, Franz J ^a,c   Litzow, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c Sigma Plus Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic fauna; Bering sea; Biogeography; Climate change; Cold pool; Continental shelf; Fisheries; Global warming; Sea ice.

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLD POOL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRAB; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

ICE; SEA WATER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51349127012     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0564.1     Document Type: Article

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