Climate change and deepening of the North Sea fish assemblage: A biotic indicator of warming seas

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1029-1039

  Dulvy, Nicholas K ^a,b   Rogers, Stuart I ^a   Jennings, Simon ^a   Stelzenmüller, Vanessa ^a   Dye, Stephen R ^a   Skjoldal, Hein R ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Habitat loss; Invasive species; Life history trait; North Sea; Regime shift; Thermal preference

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMERSAL FISH; HABITAT LOSS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA;

PISCES;

EID: 46749110373     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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