Identification of global marine hotspots: Sentinels for change and vanguards for adaptation action

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 415-425

  Hobday, Alistair J ^a,b   Pecl, Gretta T ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Adaptation Research Network for Marine Biodiversity and Resources   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts; Fisheries adaptation; Food security; Global collaboration; International cooperation; Ocean warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901018971     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-013-9326-6     Document Type: Article

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