A review of the ecological consequences and management implications of climate change for the Everglades

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1510-1526

  Pearlstine, Leonard G ^a   Pearlstine, Elise V ^b   Aumen, Nicholas G ^a  

^a Everglades National Park   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; ecology; Everglades; Management; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 82855168986     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-045.1     Document Type: Article

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