Sea warming and fish distribution: The case of the small pelagic fish, Sardinella aurita, in the Twestern Mediterranean

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2209-2219

  Sabatés, Ana ^a   Martín, Paloma ^a   Lloret, Josep ^a   Raya, Vanesa ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fish distribution; Fish reproduction; Mediterranean; Sardinella aurita; Sea warming

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PELAGIC FISH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

SARDINELLA AURITA;

EID: 33749846228     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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