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Coastal and marine ecosystems: Potential Effects on U.S. Resources & Global climate change (Page 1)

Coastal and marine ecosystems: Potential Effects on U.S. Resources & Global climate change

Kennedy VS, Twilley RR, Kleypas JA, Cowan JH Jr. and Hare SR ·
1 August 2002

This is the eighth in a series of Pew Center reports examining the potential impacts of climate change on the U.S. environment. It details the likely impacts of climate change over the next century on U.S. coastal and marine ecosystems, including estuaries, coral reefs, and the open ocean. Coordinator: Dr Victor Kennedy … • Temperature changes in coastal and marine ecosystems will influence organism metabolism and alter ecological processes such as productivity and species interactions.

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