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Ecosystem vulnerability to ocean warming

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Analysis of the temperature ranges occupied by marine species finds that the vulnerability of ecological communities to global warming may depend more on organismal physiology than on the magnitude of change. See Article p.88

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Figure 1: Community thermal indices.

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  1. Derek P. Tittensor is at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK, and at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.,

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