Vulnerability and adaptation of US shellfisheries to ocean acidification

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 207-214

  Ekstrom, Julia A ^a,q   Suatoni, Lisa ^a   Cooley, Sarah R ^b   Pendleton, Linwood H ^c,d   Waldbusser, George G ^e   Cinner, Josh E ^f   Ritter, Jessica ^g   Langdon, Chris ^h   Van Hooidonk, Ruben ⁱ   Gledhill, Dwight ^j   Wellman, Katharine ^k   Beck, Michael W ^l   Brander, Luke M ^m   Rittschof, Dan ^g   Doherty, Carolyn ^g   Edwards, Peter E T ^n,o   Portela, Rosimeiry ^p  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

^b Ocean Conservancy   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

ⁱ ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k Northern Economics   (United States)

^l THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^m VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁿ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^o IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^p Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLICY MAKING; SHELLFISH; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84923929574     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2508     Document Type: Review

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