South Georgia: A key location for linking physiological capacity to distributional changes in response to climate change

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 774-781

  Morley, S A ^a   Griffiths, H J ^a   Barnes, D K A ^a   Peck, L S ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

depth distribution; latitudinal comparisons; physiological tolerance; range limit; Southern Ocean; sub Antarctic; temperature

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GASTROPOD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RANGE EXPANSION; SEAWATER; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79951719051     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000465     Document Type: Article

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