Effects on the function of arctic ecosystems in the short- and long-term perspectives

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 448-458

  Callaghan, Terry V ^a   Björn, Lars Olof ^b   Chernov, Yuri ^c   Chapin, Terry ^d   Christensen, Torben R ^b   Huntley, Brian ^e   Ims, Rolf A ^f   Johansson, Margareta ^a   Jolly, Dyanna ^g   Jonasson, Sven ^h   Matveyeva, Nadya ⁱ   Panikov, Nicolai ^j   Oechel, Walter ^k   Shaver, Gus ^l  

^a ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^g LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^j STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 8844225626     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-33.7.448     Document Type: Review

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146. Acknowledgements. We thank Cambridge University Press for permission to reproduce this paper. TVC and MJ gratefully acknowledge the grant from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency that allowed them to participate in ACIA. We thank the participants, reviewers and particularly the leaders of the ACIA process for their various contributions to this study.