Testing antarctic resilience: The effects of elevated seawater temperature and decreased pH on two gastropod species

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 739-752

  Schram, Julie B ^a   Schoenrock, Kathryn M ^a   McClintock, James B ^a   Amsler, Charles D ^a   Angus, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Growth; Margarella antarctica; Nacella concinna; Net calcification; Shell morphology; Western Antarctic Peninsula

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CALCIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GASTROPOD; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PH; SEAWATER; SHELL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NACELLA CONCINNA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 84980414007     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv233     Document Type: Article

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