Ecosystem size structure response to 21st century climate projection: Large fish abundance decreases in the central North Pacific and increases in the California Current

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 724-733

  Woodworth Jefcoats, Phoebe A ^a   Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Dunne, John P ^b   Blanchard, Julia L ^c  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomes; Catch; Climate change; Ecosystem model; North Pacific; Size structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOME; CATCH COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84873159503     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12076     Document Type: Article

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