Assessing climate change vulnerability in Alaska's fishing communities

Fisheries Research

Volumn 162, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Himes Cornell, Amber ^a   Kasperski, Stephen ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Alaska; Climate change; Fishing communities; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908045028     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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