Impact of 21st century climate change on the Baltic Sea fish community and fisheries

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1348-1367

  Mackenzie, Brian R ^a   Gislason, Henrik ^b   Möllmann, Christian ^a   Köster, Friedrich W ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Climate change; Ecosystems; Estuaries; Fish; Fishing; Management; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; FORECASTING METHOD; SALINITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

CLUPEIDAE; PLEURONECTES; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 34447580249     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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