Climate change and Australian marine and freshwater environments, fishes and fisheries: Synthesis and options for adaptation

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1148-1164

  Koehn, John D ^a   Hobday, Alistair J ^b   Pratchett, Morgan S ^c   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^d  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate; estuaries; impacts; Indo Pacific; management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FISHERY; FITNESS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SURVIVORSHIP; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

PISCES;

EID: 80053116395     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11139     Document Type: Article

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