Shifting climate zones for Australia's tropical marine ecosystems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Lough, J M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS;

ANNUAL MAXIMUM; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE ZONES; CURRENT TRENDS; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; RAPID CHANGES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WARMING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 53749100153     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034634     Document Type: Article

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