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

William W. L. Cheung (), Jorge L. Sarmiento, John Dunne, Thomas L. Frölicher, Vicky W. Y. Lam, M. L. Deng Palomares, Reg Watson and Daniel Pauly
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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

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 3, 254-258

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.

Date: 2013
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