Response of intertidal populations to climate: Effects of extreme events versus long term change

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 132-144

  Wethey, David S ^a   Woodin, Sarah A ^a   Hilbish, Thomas J ^a   Jones, Sierra J ^a   Lima, Fernando P ^a,b   Brannock, Pamela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arenicola; Biogeography; Chthamalus; Climate change; Diopatra; Semibalanus

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HINDCASTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; POLYCHAETE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SNAIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLISH CHANNEL; FRANCE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORTH SEA;

ARENICOLA; ARENICOLA MARINA; CHTHAMALUS; CHTHAMALUS MONTAGUI; CHTHAMALUS STELLATUS; DIOPATRA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PATELLA RUSTICA; POLYCHAETA; SEMIBALANUS; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 79955101452     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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