Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: The potential for practical monitoring applications

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-64

  Strong, James Asa ^a   Andonegi, Eider ^b   Bizsel, Kemal Can ^c   Danovaro, Roberto ^d   Elliott, Mike ^a   Franco, Anita ^a   Garces, Esther ^e   Little, Sally ^a   Mazik, Krysia ^a   Moncheva, Snejana ^f   Papadopoulou, Nadia ^g   Patrício, Joana ^h   Queirós, Ana M ⁱ   Smith, Chris ^g   Stefanova, Kremena ^f   Solaun, Oihana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^c Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology Baku   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^h JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

ⁱ PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships; Marine; Monitoring; Operationalization; Practical applications

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84929581646     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.04.008     Document Type: Review

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