Climate change expands the spatial extent and duration of preferred thermal habitat for lake Superior fishes.

Climate change is expected to alter species distributions and habitat suitability across the globe. Understanding these shifting distributions is critical for adaptive resource management. The role of temperature in fish habitat and energetics is well established and can be used to evaluate climate...

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Main Authors: Timothy J Cline, Val Bennington, James F Kitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3637403?pdf=render