Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on an intertidal meiobenthic community

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 469, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-56

  Meadows, A S ^a   Ingels, J ^b   Widdicombe, S ^b   Hale, R ^c   Rundle, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copepods; Intertidal meiofauna; Nematodes; Ocean acidification; Ocean warming; PH

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; BENTHOS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MESOCOSM; NEMATODE; PH; POINT SOURCE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAWATER; WARMING;

COPEPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84928655153     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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