Marine biodiversity-ecosystem functions under uncertain environmental futures

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1549, 2010, Pages 2107-2116

  Bulling, Mark T ^a   Hicks, Natalie ^b   Murray, Leigh ^a   Paterson, David M ^b   Raffaelli, Dave ^c   White, Piran C L ^c   Solan, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic; Bioturbation; Climate change; Ocean acidification; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTURBATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954698836     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0022     Document Type: Article

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