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Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on marine ecosystems

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  • William W. L. Cheung

    (Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia)

  • Jorge L. Sarmiento

    (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University)

  • John Dunne

    (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

  • Thomas L. Frölicher

    (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University)

  • Vicky W. Y. Lam

    (Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia)

  • M. L. Deng Palomares

    (Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia)

  • Reg Watson

    (Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia)

  • Daniel Pauly

    (Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia)

Abstract

In the ocean, biological responses to climate change include altered distribution, phenology and productivity. A modelling study into the integrated effects of these various changes on fish body size suggests that averaged maximum body weight could fall by 14–24% globally by 2050. About half of the decline is accounted for by changes in distribution and abundance, with the remainder being physiological.

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  • William W. L. Cheung & Jorge L. Sarmiento & John Dunne & Thomas L. Frölicher & Vicky W. Y. Lam & M. L. Deng Palomares & Reg Watson & Daniel Pauly, 2013. "Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on marine ecosystems," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(3), pages 254-258, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:3:d:10.1038_nclimate1691
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1691
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    1. Christopher R. Loeffler & Luciana Tartaglione & Miriam Friedemann & Astrid Spielmeyer & Oliver Kappenstein & Dorina Bodi, 2021. "Ciguatera Mini Review: 21st Century Environmental Challenges and the Interdisciplinary Research Efforts Rising to Meet Them," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-27, March.
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