Non-Linear Interactions Determine the Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Estuarine Benthic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Yamanaka, Tsuyuko ^a,b   Raffaelli, David ^a   White, Piran C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARINE SPECIES; INTERTIDAL SPECIES; MACROFAUNA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ESTUARIES; GREAT BRITAIN; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879947562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068160     Document Type: Article

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