Climate driven changes in subtidal kelp forest communities in NW Spain

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-127

  Voerman, Sofie E ^a,b   Llera, Eva ^c   Rico, José M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c 2 Centro de Experimentación Pesquera   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algae; Bay of Biscay; Bottom up; Climate change; Community composition; Fisheries; Habitat loss; Invasive; Laminaria ochroleuca; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BISCAY; BOTTOM UP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT LOSS; INVASIVE; LAMINARIA OCHROLEUCA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ALGAE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FISHERIES; FORESTRY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT LOSS; INVASIVE SPECIES; KELP FOREST; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY; KELP; LANDSCAPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; FORESTRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ALGAE; LAMINARIA OCHROLEUCA;

ALGAE; BAY OF BISCAY; BOTTOM UP; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISHERIES; HABITAT LOSS; INVASIVE; LAMINARIA OCHROLEUCA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; KELP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPACECRAFT; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84883053185     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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