Footprints of climate change in the Arctic marine ecosystem

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1235-1249

  Wassmann, Paul ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^b   Agustí, Susana ^b   Sejr, Mikael K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Baseline data; Climate change; Ecological footprints; Marine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; PLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; MAMMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 78650777994     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02311.x     Document Type: Article

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