Regional scenarios of sea level rise and impacts on Basque (Bay of Biscay) coastal habitats, throughout the 21st century

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-124

  Chust, Guillem ^a   Caballero, Ainhoa ^a   Marcos, Marta ^b   Liria, Pedro ^a   Hernández, Carlos ^a   Borja, Ángel ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL ZONE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DUNE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL EXPANSION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 76549132337     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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