Climate change as a long-term stressor for the fisheries of the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America

• Published in: Reviews in fish biology and fisheries Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 363 - 391
• Main Authors: Collingsworth, Paris D., Bunnell, David B., Murray, Michael W., Kao, Yu-Chun, Feiner, Zachary S., Claramunt, Randall M., Lofgren, Brent M., Höök, Tomas O., Ludsin, Stuart A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic ecosystems; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Climate; Climate change; Climate models; Conveying; Density stratification; Ecological monitoring; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Environment models; Environmental monitoring; Eutrophication; Fish; Fish populations; Fisheries management; Fishery management; Fishing; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Greenhouse effect; Growth; Habitats; Human influences; Hypoxia; Ice; Ice cover; Interactions; Introduced species; Invasive species; Lake fisheries; Lakes; Life Sciences; Nonnative species; Optimization; Overfishing; Populations; Research Paper; Stratification; Sustainability; Water; Water column; Zoology; North America; Climate change; Fisheries; Habitat; Management; Great Lakes

The Laurentian Great Lakes of North America provide valuable ecosystem services, including fisheries, to the surrounding population. Given the prevalence of other anthropogenic stressors that have historically affected the fisheries of the Great Lakes (e.g., eutrophication, invasive species, overfis...