Long-term climate-associated dynamics of a tropical seagrass meadow: Implications for the future

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 422, Issue , 2011, Pages 93-103

  Rasheed, Michael A ^a   Unsworth, Richard K F ^b  

^a Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change; Global warming; Halodule uninervis; Halophila ovalis; Indo Pacific; Queensland; Rainfall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOREGION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEADOW; RAINFALL; SEAGRASS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA OVALIS;

EID: 79551717216     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08925     Document Type: Article

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