Measuring the vulnerability of marine social-ecological systems: A prerequisite for the identification of climate change adaptations

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Metcalf, Sarah J ^a   van Putten, Elizabeth I ^b,c   Frusher, Stewart ^c,d   Marshall, Nadine A ^b   Tull, Malcolm ^a   Caputi, Nick ^e   Haward, Marcus ^c,d   Hobday, Alistair J ^b,c   Holbrook, Neil J ^c,d   Jennings, Sarah M ^c,f   Pecl, Gretta T ^c,d   Shaw, Jenny ^g  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e Department of Fisheries ^*  (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Coastal communities; Fisheries; Resource dependency; Social ecological

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL FISHERY; EMPLOYMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; MARINE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA; BOWEN; QUEENSLAND; TASMANIA;

EID: 84934783637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07509-200235     Document Type: Article

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