High resolution characterization of northwest Mediterranean coastal waters thermal regimes: To better understand responses of benthic communities to climate change

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 431-441

  Bensoussan, Nathaniel ^a   Romano, Jean Claude ^b   Harmelin, Jean Georges ^a   Garrabou, Joaquim ^a,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

coastal oceanography; effects of climate change; France; Gulf of Lions; Mediterranean; mortality outbreak; positive temperature anomalies; Spain; thermal regime; thermal structure

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL; DOWNWELLING; MASS MORTALITY; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; THERMAL REGIME; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TIME SERIES;

FRANCE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

GORGONIA;

EID: 77950297905     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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