The direct effects of increasing CO2 and temperature on non-calcifying organisms: Increasing the potential for phase shifts in kelp forests

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1686, 2010, Pages 1409-1415

  Connell, Sean D ^a   Russell, Bayden D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Habitat resilience; Phase shift; Turf forming algae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; BIOMASS; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KELP FOREST; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 77952257467     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2069     Document Type: Article

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