Natural habitat change, commercial fishing, climate, and dispersal interact to restructure an Alaskan fish metacommunity

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 471-484

  Westley, Peter A H ^a,b   Schindler, Daniel E ^a   Quinn, Thomas P ^a   Ruggerone, Gregory T ^c   Hilborn, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Natural Resources Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic metacommunities; Chignik Lake; Climate change; Dispersal; Disturbance response

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALMONID; SPAWNING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMO SALAR; SEASONS; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ALASKA; CHIGNIK LAKE; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; PISCES;

EID: 77952323448     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1534-3     Document Type: Article

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