Seasonality of eelgrass biomass across gradients in temperature and latitude

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 506, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-85

  Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann ^a   Krause Jensen, Dorte ^a   Olesen, Birgit ^a   Marbà, Nuria ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem functioning; Phenology; Waterbirds; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANNUAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; MEADOW; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84903273456     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10800     Document Type: Article

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