Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans

@article{poloczanska2016ResponsesOM,
  title={Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans},
  author={elvira poloczanska and Michael T. Burrows and Christopher J. Brown and Jorge Garc{\'i}a Molinos and Benjamin S. Halpern and Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg and Carrie V. Kappel and Pippa J. Moore and Anthony J. Richardson and David S. Schoeman and William J. Sydeman},
  journal={Frontiers in Marine Science},
  year={2016},
  volume={3},
  pages={62-1-62-21}
}
Climate change is driving changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have consequences for marine ecosystems. [] Key Method We draw on a database of observed climate change impacts on marine species, supplemented with evidence in the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. We discuss factors that limit or facilitate species’ responses, such as fishing pressure, the availability of prey, habitat, light and other resources, and dispersal by ocean…

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