Climate change and the Antarctic marine ecosystem: An essay on management implications

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-398

  Trathan, P N ^a   Agnew, D ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Marine Resources Assessment Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCAMLR; fishing; harvesting; monitoring; Southern Ocean; variability and change

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FISHING INDUSTRY; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAZOAN; MITIGATION; MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958499598     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000222     Document Type: Article

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