Abrupt Change in a Subtidal Rocky Reef Community Coincided with a Rapid Acceleration of Sea Water Warming
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Field Activity
2.2. Temperature Data
2.3. Data Management
3. Results
3.1. Sea Water Temperature
3.2. Species and Species Groups
3.3. Community Composition
3.4. Community Structure
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bianchi, C.N.; Azzola, A.; Parravicini, V.; Peirano, A.; Morri, C.; Montefalcone, M. Abrupt Change in a Subtidal Rocky Reef Community Coincided with a Rapid Acceleration of Sea Water Warming. Diversity 2019, 11, 215. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11110215
Bianchi CN, Azzola A, Parravicini V, Peirano A, Morri C, Montefalcone M. Abrupt Change in a Subtidal Rocky Reef Community Coincided with a Rapid Acceleration of Sea Water Warming. Diversity. 2019; 11(11):215. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11110215
Chicago/Turabian StyleBianchi, Carlo Nike, Annalisa Azzola, Valeriano Parravicini, Andrea Peirano, Carla Morri, and Monica Montefalcone. 2019. "Abrupt Change in a Subtidal Rocky Reef Community Coincided with a Rapid Acceleration of Sea Water Warming" Diversity 11, no. 11: 215. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11110215