Expansion of vegetated coastal ecosystems in the future Arctic
Warming occurs particularly fast in the Arctic and exerts profound effects on arctic ecosystems. Sea ice-associated ecosystems are projected to decline but reduced arctic sea ice cover also increases the solar radiation reaching the coastal seafloors with the potential for expansion of vegetated hab...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2014.00077/full |