Recent Trends in Local-Scale Marine Biodiversity Reflect Community Structure and Human Impacts

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1938-1943

  Elahi, Robin ^a,b   O'Connor, Mary I ^b   Byrnes, Jarrett E K ^c   Dunic, Jillian ^c   Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^d   Hensel, Marc J S ^c   Kearns, Patrick J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937516570     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.030     Document Type: Article

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