Impact of Climate Change on Estuarine Zooplankton: Surface Water Warming in Long Island Sound Is Associated with Changes in Copepod Size and Community Structure

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-23

  Rice, Edward ^a,c   Dam, Hans G ^b   Stewart, Gillian ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Climate change; Community ecology; Copepods; Estuaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892987259     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9770-0     Document Type: Article

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