Climate Change Vulnerability of Native and Alien Freshwater Fishes of California: A Systematic Assessment Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Moyle, Peter B ^a   Kiernan, Joseph D ^a,b   Crain, Patrick K ^a,c   Quiñones, Rebecca M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFESPAN; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FRESH WATER;

EID: 84878040491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063883     Document Type: Article

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