Assessing marine species vulnerability to projected warming on the Scotian Shelf, Canada

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1731-1743

  Stortini, Christine H ^a   Shackell, Nancy L ^b   Tyedmers, Peter ^a   Beazley, Karen ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate adaptation; climate change; climate change vulnerability assessment; regional ocean management; Scotian Shelf; warming

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; GLOBAL WARMING; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SHELF;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; GADUS MORHUA; INVERTEBRATA; MALACORAJA SENTA; TRIGLOPS MURRAYI;

EID: 84939627181     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv022     Document Type: Article

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