Synergies between climate anomalies and hydrological modifications facilitate estuarine biotic invasions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 749-757

  Winder, Monika ^a,d   Jassby, Alan D ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate extremes; Habitat perturbation; River flow; Species introduction; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FACILITATION; GRAZING; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RIVER FLOW; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SEA; UNITED STATES; WATER CYCLE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER CYCLE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960432142     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01635.x     Document Type: Article

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