Climate Change, Marine Environments, and the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1138-1146

  Seney, Erin E ^a,b   Rowland, Melanie J ^c,e   Lowery, Ruth Ann ^c   Griffis, Roger B ^a   Mcclure, Michelle M ^d  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b Erin Seney Consulting   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e Melanie J Rowland Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Anadromous species; Critical habitat; Environmental assessment; Imperiled species; Interagency consultation; Ocean acidification; Recovery plan

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATE ROLE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

ACIDIFICACIÓN OCEÁNICA; ANADROMOUS SPECIES; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSULTA INTERAGENCIAS; CRITICAL HABITAT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESPECIES ANÁDROMAS; ESPECIES EN PELIGRO; ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES; HÁBITAT CRÍTICO; IMPERILED SPECIES; INCERTIDUMBRE; INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; PH; PLAN DE RECUPERACIÓN; RECOVERY PLAN; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ACIDIFICACIÓN OCEÁNICA; ANADROMOUS SPECIES; CONSULTA INTERAGENCIAS; CRITICAL HABITAT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESPECIES ANÁDROMAS; ESPECIES EN PELIGRO; ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES; HÁBITAT CRÍTICO; IMPERILED SPECIES; INCERTIDUMBRE; INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; PLAN DE RECUPERACIÓN; RECOVERY PLAN; UNCERTAINTY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896971520     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12167     Document Type: Article

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