The future of Arctic benthos: Expansion, invasion, and biodiversity

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 244-257

  Renaud, Paul E ^a,b   Sejr, Mikael K ^c   Bluhm, Bodil A ^d,e   Sirenko, Boris ^f   Ellingsen, Ingrid H ^g  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^g SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SEA ICE;

APPARENT TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FORECASTS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; RESEARCH STRATEGY; SPECIES SPECIFICS; SUITABLE HABITAT;

EXPANSION;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHIC FAUNA; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEW RECORD; RANGE EXPANSION; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; KARA SEA; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84949313518     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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