Vulnerability of Antarctic shallow invertebrate-dominated ecosystems

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 482-491

  Clark, Graeme F ^a   Raymond, Ben ^b,c   Riddle, Martin J ^b   Stark, Jonathan S ^b   Johnston, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Invertebrate; Light; Marine; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA ICE; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY;

ANTARCTICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84929949720     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12237     Document Type: Article

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