Environmental changes in the North Atlantic Region: SCANNET as a collaborative approach for documenting, understanding and predicting changes

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Volumn 33, Issue SPEC. ISS. 13, 2004, Pages 39-50

  Callaghan, Terry V ^a,b   Johansson, M ^c   Heal, O W ^c   Saelthun N R ^c   Barkved, L J ^c   Bayfield, N ^c   Brandt, O ^c   Brooker, R ^c   Christiansen, H H ^c   Forchhammer, M ^c   Hoye T T ^c   Humlum, O ^c   Jarvinen A ^c   Jonasson, C ^c   Kohler, J ^c   Magnusson, B ^c   Meltofte, H ^c   Mortensen, L ^c   Neuvonen, S ^c   Pearce, I ^c   Rasch, M ^c   Turner, L ^c   Hasholt, B ^c   Huhta, E ^c   Leskinen, E ^c   Nielsen, N ^c   Siikamaki P ^c   more..

^a ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUTURE PROSPECT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREDICTION;

ANIMALIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ICE COVER; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ICE COVER; PLANTS;

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106. This work was supported by an EU Infrastructure award to SCANNET grant number EVK2-CT-2000-20007. We are grateful to F.H. Schwarzenbach for access to unpublished information.