Modelling the combined impacts of climate change and direct anthropogenic drivers on the ecosystem of the northwest European continental shelf

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-63

  Wakelin, Sarah L ^a   Artioli, Yuri ^b   Butenschön, Momme ^b   Allen, J Icarus ^b   Holt, Jason T ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Ecosystems; Man induced effects; Modelling; Northwest European continental shelf; POLCOMS ERSEM

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; MODELS; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; MAN-INDUCED EFFECTS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; POLCOMS-ERSEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

EUROPE;

EID: 84940503398     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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