Assessing the effects of climate change on aquatic invasive species

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 521-533

  Rahel, Frank J ^a   Olden, Julian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic systems; Climate change; Global warming; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH CULTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEW SPECIES; SALINIZATION; STREAMFLOW; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 44949231256     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00950.x     Document Type: Review

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