The impact of climate change on mediterranean intertidal communities: Losses in coastal ecosystem integrity and services

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 5-17

  Sarà, Gianluca ^a   Milanese, Martina ^b   Prusina, Ivana ^c   Sarà, Antonio ^b   Angel, Dror L ^d   Glamuzina, Branko ^c   Nitzan, Tali ^d   Freeman, Shirra ^d   Rinaldi, Alessandro ^a,e   Palmeri, Valeria ^a   Montalto, Valeria ^a   Lo Martire, Marco ^a   Gianguzza, Paola ^a   Arizza, Vincenzo ^a   Lo Brutto, Sabrina ^a   De Pirro, Maurizio ^f   Helmuth, Brian ^g   Murray, Jason ^h   De Cantis, Stefano ^a   Williams, Gray A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Studio Associato Gaia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f Accademia Mare Ambiente ^*  (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bioenergetic mechanistic modelling; Climate change; Ecophysiology; Ecosystem services; Intertidal; Invasive species; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; BRACHIDONTES PHARAONIS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILASTER MINIMUS;

EID: 84893687230     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0360-z     Document Type: Article

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