Little change in the distribution of rocky shore faunal communities on the Australian east coast after 50years of rapid warming

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 145-154

  Poloczanska, Elvira S ^a   Smith, Sam ^b   Fauconnet, Laurence ^a   Healy, John ^c   Tibbetts, Ian R ^b   Burrows, Michael T ^d   Richardson, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Global warming; Recruitment; Settlement; Transition zone; Wave action

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROCKY SHORE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION ZONE; WAVE ACTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79955107850     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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