Exploring the potential effects of climate change on the Western Scotian Shelf ecosystem, Canada

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-100

  Guénette, Sylvie ^a   Araújo, Julio N ^a,b   Bundy, Alida ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem; Fisheries; Model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; MODELS;

CLIMATIC CHANGES; ECOSYSTEM LEVELS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SIMULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SIZE STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; SCOTIA SHELF;

EID: 84897077484     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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