Large brown seaweeds of the british isles: Evidence of changes in abundance over four decades

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-175

  Yesson, Chris ^a,b   Bush, Laura E ^c   Davies, Andrew J ^c   Maggs, Christine A ^d   Brodie, Juliet ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem engineers; Fucoids; Kelp; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; KELP FOREST; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWEED; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

FUCALES; LAMINARIALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE; TILOPTERIDALES;

EID: 84924020356     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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