Status, trends and drivers of kelp forests in Europe: an expert assessment

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1319-1348

  Araujo R M ^a   Assis, J ^b   Aguillar, R ^c   Airoldi, L ^d   Barbara I ^e   Bartsch, I ^f   Bekkby, T ^g   Christie, H ^g   Davoult, D ^h,i   Derrien Courtel, S ^j   Fernandez, C ^k   Fredriksen, S ^l   Gevaert, F ^m,n   Gundersen, H ^g   Le Gal, A ^j   Leveque L ^i,o   Mieszkowska, N ^p   Norderhaug, K M ^g,l   Oliveira, P ^a   Puente, A ^q   Rico, J M ^k   Rinde, E ^g   Schubert, H ^r   Strain, E M ^s   Valero, M ^i,n   Viard, F ^h,i   Sousa Pinto, I ^a,t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c OCEANA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

ⁱ SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^m Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

ⁿ CNRS   (France)

^o STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^p THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^q ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^s SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^t UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

more..

Author keywords

Europe; Expert consultation; Kelp forests; Long term changes; Status and temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ABUNDANCE; EXPERT SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; KELP FOREST; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; RANGE EXPANSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ECHINOIDEA; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA; SACCORHIZA POLYSCHIDES; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

EID: 84970960037     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-016-1141-7     Document Type: Article

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