Contribution of climate change to degradation and loss of critical fish habitats in Australian marine and freshwater environments

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1062-1081

  Pratchett, Morgan S ^a   Bay, Line K ^b   Gehrke, Peter C ^c   Koehn, John D ^d   Osborne, Kate ^b   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Sweatman, Hugh P A ^b   Wachenfeld, David ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Ethiopian Roads Authority   (Australia)

^d ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biodiversity; Darling Basin; disturbance; fishes; Great Barrier Reef; Murray

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORAL; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENDEMISM; EVAPORATION; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OCEANIC CURRENT; RIVER FLOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 80053124739     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10303     Document Type: Review

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