Effects of local and global change on an inland sea: The strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

Climate Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Johannessen, S C ^a   Macdonald, R W ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Climate change; Coastal development; Fish; Marine mammals; PH; Strait of Georgia; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CARBON CYCLING; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHINOOK SALMON; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL WATERS; FOOD WEBS; GEORGIA; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT DESTRUCTION; INTERTIDAL ZONES; KILLER WHALE; LOCAL CONTROL; MARINE MAMMALS; MARINE TRAFFIC; MUDFLATS; PELAGIC HABITAT; REGIME SHIFT; RIVER FLOW; RIVER TEMPERATURE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPECIES AT RISKS; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOMASS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; FISH; LEAD; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVER CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANOXIA; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INLAND SEA; MARINE MAMMAL; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 70349585889     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00819     Document Type: Article

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