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Assessment Of The Impacts Of An Unprecedented Heatwave On Intertidal Shellfish Of The Salish Sea
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2022
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Source: Ecology, 103(10)
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Journal Title:Ecology
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Description:From 26 to 28 June 2021, an unprecedented atmospheric heatwave coincided with the lowest low tides of the year in the Pacific Northwest (i.e., the region consisting of the northwestern corner of the contiguous United States and southwestern Canada). This event broke numerous all-time record high temperatures throughout the region and would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change (Philip et al., 2021). During and immediately following the event, many scientists, resource managers, and members of the public reported dead and dying marine organisms, including barnacles, mussels, clams, and oysters, on intertidal beaches throughout the region (Figure 1). These observations raised alarms among many stakeholders because these species support important commercial, subsistence, and recreational fisheries and are major constituents of nearshore ecosystems.
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Source:Ecology, 103(10)
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ISSN:0012-9658;1939-9170;
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