Light-driven tipping points in polar ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3749-3761

  Clark, Graeme F ^a   Stark, Jonathan S ^b   Johnston, Emma L ^a   Runcie, John W ^b,c   Goldsworthy, Paul M ^b   Raymond, Ben ^b,d   Riddle, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic; Biodiversity; Irradiance; Macroalgae; Marine ecology; Polar; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ICE COVER; IRRADIANCE; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLAR REGION; SEA ICE; SNOW;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BROWN ALGA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICE COVER; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT; MACROALGA; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLAR; RED ALGA; REGIME SHIFT;

BENTHIC; BIODIVERSITY; IRRADIANCE; MACROALGAE; MARINE ECOLOGY; POLAR; REGIME SHIFT;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ICE COVER; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHAEOPHYTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84887414851     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12337     Document Type: Article

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