New climatic targets against global warming: Will the maximum 2 °c temperature rise affect estuarine benthic communities

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Crespo, Daniel ^a   Grilo, Tiago Fernandes ^b   Baptista, Joana ^a   Coelho, João Pedro ^c,d   Lillebø, Ana Isabel ^d   Cássio, Fernanda ^e   Fernandes, Isabel ^e   Pascoal, Cláudia ^e   Pardal, Miguel Ângelo ^a   Dolbeth, Marina ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTURBATION; FRANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 85021070828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04309-0     Document Type: Article

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