Historical comparisons reveal multiple drivers of decadal change of an ecosystem engineer at the range edge

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 3210-3222

  Firth, Louise B ^a,b,c   Mieszkowska, Nova ^d   Grant, Lisa M ^b   Bush, Laura E ^c   Davies, Andrew J ^c   Frost, Matthew T ^d   Moschella, Paula S ^d,e   Burrows, Michael T ^f   Cunningham, Paul N ^g   Dye, Stephen R ^h,i   Hawkins, Stephen J ^c,d,g,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)   (Monaco)

^f SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Biogenic habitat; Climate change; Coastal defense structure; Cold wave; Extreme weather event; Larval supply; Monitoring; Sabellaria alveolata

Indexed keywords

SABELLARIA ALVEOLATA;

EID: 84938650928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1556     Document Type: Article

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