Does thermal history influence the tolerance of temperate gorgonians to future warming?

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-52

  Linares, Cristina ^a   Cebrian, Emma ^b   Kipson, Silvija ^c   Garrabou, Joaquim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eunicella singularis; Lethal effects; Marine invertebrates; Mediterranean Sea; Suspension feeders; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

EUNICELLA SINGULARIS; LETHAL EFFECTS; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SUSPENSION FEEDER;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOUSING;

THERMAL STRESS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSIT FEEDER; GLOBAL WARMING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; CNIDARIA; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; EUNICELLA SINGULARIS; FEEDING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH; HEAT; HEAT TOLERANCE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EUNICELLA SINGULARIS; LETHAL EFFECTS; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SUSPENSION FEEDERS; THERMAL STRESS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EUNICELLA SINGULARIS; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84880634170     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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