North Sea ecosystem change from swimming crabs to seagulls

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-824

  Luczak, C ^a   Beaugrand, G ^a   Lindley, J A ^b   Dewarumez, J M ^a   Dubois, P J ^a   Kirby, R R ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food web; Larus fuscus graelsii; Plankton; Polybius henslowii; Sea temperature

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CRAB; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

LARUS FUSCUS; POLYBIUS HENSLOWII; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 84866700253     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0474     Document Type: Article

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