Will northern fish populations be in hot water because of climate change?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2052-2064

  Sharma, Sapna ^a   Jackson, Donald A ^a   Minns, Charles K ^a,b   Shuter, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; General linear model; Maximum surface water temperature; Range expansion; Smallmouth bass; Thermal habitat

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; SURFACE WATER; TELEOST; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 34948845055     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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