Impact of biodiversity-climate futures on primary production and metabolism in a model benthic estuarine system

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; HYDROBIA ULVAE; INVERTEBRATA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; INVERTEBRATE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INVERTEBRATES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79851514904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-7     Document Type: Article

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