Highly diverse, poorly studied and uniquely threatened by climate change: An assessment of marine biodiversity on South Georgia's continental shelf

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hogg, Oliver T ^a   Barnes, David K A ^a   Griffiths, Huw J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAMILIA; FAUNA; HEAT TOLERANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; RARE SPECIES; SALINITY; SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIES; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXONOMY; WARMING; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SEA; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS;

EID: 79957501496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019795     Document Type: Article

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