Uncertainties in projecting climate-change impacts in marine ecosystems

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1272-1282

  Payne, Mark R ^a   Barange, Manuel ^b   Cheung, William W L ^c   MacKenzie, Brian R ^a   Batchelder, Harold P ^d   Cormon, Xochitl ^e   Eddy, Tyler D ^f   Fernandes, Jose A ^b   Hollowed, Anne B ^g   Jones, Miranda C ^c,h   Link, Jason S ⁱ   Neubauer, Philipp ^j   Ortiz, Ivonne ^k   Queirós, Ana M ^b   Paula, José Ricardo ^l  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d North Pacific Marine Science Organization   (Canada)

^e IFREMER   (France)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^j Dragonfly   (New Zealand)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

climate change; initialization uncertainty; parametric uncertainty; projections; scenario uncertainty; structural uncertainty; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84991486795     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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