Forecasting effects of climate change on Great Lakes fisheries: Models that link habitat supply to population dynamics can help

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 457-468

  Jones, Michael L ^a   Shuter, Brian J ^b   Zhao, Yingming ^a,b   Stockwell, Jason D ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISHERY; FORECASTING METHOD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

SANDER VITREUM; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 33645130573     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-239     Document Type: Review

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