TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of climatic change on the harvest of the kelp Macrocystis pyrifera on the Mexican Pacific coast
AU - Valdez, Margarita Casas
AU - Zaragoza, Elisa Serviere
AU - Belda, Daniel Lluch
AU - Marcos, Roberto
AU - Ramírez, Ruth Aguila
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - The effect of sea temperature, sea level, upwelling, and wind speed on the Macrocystis pyrifera harvest was evaluated using historical harvest data for the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The relationship between the environmental variables and harvest per unit effort (CPUE) was determined through correlation analysis for the period from 1956-1998. The effects of temperature, upwelling, and sea level were inverse, whereas the effect of wind speed was not significant. Multiple regression analysis showed that, of the variables studied, temperature best explained variations in Macrocystis harvest.
AB - The effect of sea temperature, sea level, upwelling, and wind speed on the Macrocystis pyrifera harvest was evaluated using historical harvest data for the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The relationship between the environmental variables and harvest per unit effort (CPUE) was determined through correlation analysis for the period from 1956-1998. The effects of temperature, upwelling, and sea level were inverse, whereas the effect of wind speed was not significant. Multiple regression analysis showed that, of the variables studied, temperature best explained variations in Macrocystis harvest.
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M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:1942422704
SN - 0007-4977
VL - 73
SP - 545
EP - 556
JO - Bulletin of Marine Science
JF - Bulletin of Marine Science
IS - 3
ER -