Climate change, fisheries, and aquaculture: Trends and consequences for Canadian marine biodiversity

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 220-311

  Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Côté, Isabelle M ^c   Dodson, Julian J ^d   Fleming, Ian A ^e   Jennings, S ^f,g   Mantua, Nathan J ^h   Peterman, Randall M ^c   Riddell, Brian E ⁱ   Weaver, Andrew J ^j  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ Pacific Salmon Foundation   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Canada; Fish; Fish farming; Ocean; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; AQUACULTURE NETS; ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOLOGICAL CHANGES; CANADA; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; FISH ABUNDANCE; FISH FARMING; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD WEBS; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN USE; MARINE BIODIVERSITY; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; OCEAN; ORGANIC WASTES; OVERFISHING; PELAGIC FISH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES COMMUNITIES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE; WILD SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

BIODIVERSITY;

INVERTEBRATA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84871306196     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a2012-011     Document Type: Review

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