Vulnerability of Fraser River sockeye salmon to climate change: A life cycle perspective using expert judgments

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2771-2780

  McDaniels, Tim ^a   Wilmot, Sarah ^a   Healey, Michael ^a   Hinch, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Characterizing vulnerability; Climate change; Life cycle stages; Participant judgments; Sockeye salmon

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; LIFE CYCLE; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS;

AQUATIC HABITATS; CHARACTERIZING VULNERABILITY; COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; EXPERT JUDGMENT; FRASER RIVER; LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PARTICIPANT JUDGMENT; SOCKEYE SALMON; TEMPERATURE REGIMES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING GEAR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIFE CYCLE; SALMONID FISHERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FISHERY; HABITAT; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SALMON; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 77956881783     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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