A vulnerability assessment of fish and invertebrates to climate change on the northeast u.s. continental shelf

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Hare, Jonathan A ^a   Morrison, Wendy E ^b   Nelson, Mark W ^b   Stachura, Megan M ^b   Teeters, Eric J ^b   Griffis, Roger B ^b   Alexander, Michael A ^b   Scott, James D ^b   Alade, Larry ^c   Bell, Richard J ^a,g   Chute, Antonie S ^c   Curti, Kiersten L ^c   Curtis, Tobey H ^d   Kircheis, Daniel ^e   Kocik, John F ^e   Lucey, Sean M ^c   McCandless, Camilla T ^a   Milke, Lisa M ^f   Richardson, David E ^a   Robillard, Eric ^c   Walsh, Harvey J ^a   McManus, M Conor ^a,h   Marancik, Katrin E ^a   Griswold, Carolyn A ^a   more..

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e Maine Field Station   (United States)

^f NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EXPOSURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FORAGE; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPECIES; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ESTUARY; FISH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL PARAMETER MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NEW ENGLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84959017648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146756     Document Type: Article

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