Impact of global warming on European tidal estuaries: Some evidence of northward migration of estuarine fish species

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 639-649

  Nicolas, Delphine ^a   Chaalali, Aurélie ^a   Drouineau, Hilaire ^a   Lobry, Jérémy ^a   Uriarte, Ainhize ^b   Borja, Angel ^b   Boët, Philippe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

European tidal estuaries; Fish species; Global warming; Latitudinal shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052037585     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0196-3     Document Type: Article

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