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A roadmap on ecosystem change

Global models highlight that environmental change in marine ecosystems is caused by multiple stressors. Now a study puts these projections into a biogeographical framework suitable for integration with wider biological understanding and more robust impact assessment.

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Figure 1: A pictorial roadmap towards understanding environmental change impacts on marine ecosystems.

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Dunne, J. A roadmap on ecosystem change. Nature Clim Change 5, 20–21 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2480

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