Effects of climate change on Canada's Pacific marine ecosystems: A summary of scientific knowledge

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 519-559

  Okey, Thomas A ^a,b   Alidina, Hussein M ^c   Lo, Veronica ^d,e   Jessen, Sabine ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Ocean Integrity Research   (Canada)

^c WWF Canada   (Canada)

^d Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidification; Climate adaptation; Climate change impacts; Cumulative impacts; Deoxygenation; Global marine hotspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901238170     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-014-9342-1     Document Type: Article

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