Increase in biodiversity in the arctic rocky littoral, Sorkappland, Svalbard, after 20 years of climate warming

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-130

  Weslawski, Jan Marcin ^a   Wiktor Jr , Jozef ^a   Kotwicki, Lech ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthos; Climate change; Littoral

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; MACROBENTHOS; MACROPHYTE; SAMPLING; SEA ICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARCTIC; HORNSUND; SORKAPP LAND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE;

EID: 77952322196     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-010-0038-z     Document Type: Article

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