Ocean acidification and global warming impair shark hunting behaviour and growth

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pistevos, Jennifer C A ^a   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a   Rossi, Tullio ^a   Olmos, Maxime ^b   Connell, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PH; PREDATION; SEA; SHARK; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER; SHARKS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84947460017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16293     Document Type: Article

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