Indicators of climate change and social vulnerability in fishing dependent communities along the Eastern and Gulf Coasts of the United States

Marine Policy

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 323-333

  Colburn, Lisa L ^a   Jepson, Michael ^b   Weng, Changhua ^a   Seara, Tarsila ^a,c   Weiss, Jeremy ^d   Hare, Jonathan A ^a  

^a NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

^b NOAA Fisheries Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fishing communities; Indicators; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; POLICY MAKING; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84966713490     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.04.030     Document Type: Article

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