Tipping Points, Thresholds and the Keystone Role of Physiology in Marine Climate Change Research

Advances in Marine Biology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2011, Pages 123-160

  Monaco, Cristian J ^a   Helmuth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HINDCASTING; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NONLINEARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; THRESHOLD;

EID: 80053337307     PISSN: 00652881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385529-9.00003-2     Document Type: Chapter

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