The impacts of climate change and environmental management policies on the trophic regimes in the Mediterranean Sea: Scenario analyses

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-149

  Lazzari, P ^a   Mattia, G ^b,c   Solidoro, C ^a   Salon, S ^a   Crise, A ^a   Zavatarelli, M ^b,c   Oddo, P ^e   Vichi, M ^d,e  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali ^*  (Italy)

^d CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical modeling; Mediterranean sea; Scenario simulations

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; GLOBAL CLIMATE SIMULATIONS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84901621763     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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