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Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch
Cheung, W.W.L.; Watson, R.; Pauly, D. (2013). Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch. Nature (Lond.) 497(7449): 365-368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12156
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
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  • Cheung, W.W.L.
  • Watson, R.
  • Pauly, D., more

Abstract
    The mean temperature of the catch, an index designed to characterize the effect of climate change on global fisheries catch, increased at a rate of 0.19 degrees Celsius per decade between 1970 and 2006, showing that ocean warming has already affected global fisheries.

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