Body size-dependent responses of a marine fish assemblage to climate change and fishing over a century-long scale

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 517-527

  Genner, Martin J ^a,b   Sims, David W ^a,c   Southward, Alan J ^a   Budd, Georgina C ^a   Masterson, Patricia ^a   Mchugh, Matthew ^a   Rendle, Peter ^a   Southall, Emily J ^a   Wearmouth, Victoria J ^a   Hawkins, Stephen J ^a,d  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fisheries; Life history traits; Marine monitoring; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FAUNA; FISHERY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77957737139     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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