Stability of strong species interactions resist the synergistic effects of local and global pollution in kelp forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Falkenberg, Laura J ^a   Russell, Bayden D ^a   Connell, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORECASTING; FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; KELP; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT SHADING; POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; KELP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858402383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033841     Document Type: Article

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