A cascade of warming impacts brings bluefin tuna to Greenland waters

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2484-2491

  Mackenzie, Brian R ^a   Payne, Mark R ^a   Boje, Jesper ^a   Høyer, Jacob L ^b   Siegstad, Helle ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Danmarks Meteorologisk Institut   (Denmark)

^c Greenland Institute for Natural Resources   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Climate; Food web; Greenland; Mackerel; Predator prey; Temperature; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; FOOD WEB; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC CASCADE; WARMING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GREENLAND; TEMPERATURE; TUNA;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GREENLAND; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TUNA;

EID: 84903725707     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12597     Document Type: Article

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