Expansion of vegetated coastal ecosystems in the future Arctic

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Krause Jensen, Dorte ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^b,c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Ecological function; Macroalgae; Marine vegetation; Sea ice; Seagrasses; Warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008701922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00077     Document Type: Article

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