Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale

Lake fisheries are vulnerable to environmental changes. Here, Kao et al. develop a Bayesian networks model to analyze time-series data from 31 major fisheries lake across five continents, showing that fish catches can respond either positively or negatively to climate and land-use changes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yu-Chun Kao, Mark W. Rogers, David B. Bunnell, Ian G. Cowx, Song S. Qian, Orlane Anneville, T. Douglas Beard, Alexander Brinker, J. Robert Britton, René Chura-Cruz, Natasha J. Gownaris, James R. Jackson, Külli Kangur, Jeppe Kolding, Anatoly A. Lukin, Abigail J. Lynch, Norman Mercado-Silva, Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada, Friday J. Njaya, Ilia Ostrovsky, Lars G. Rudstam, Alfred L. E. Sandström, Yuichi Sato, Humberto Siguayro-Mamani, Andy Thorpe, Paul A. M. van Zwieten, Pietro Volta, Yuyu Wang, András Weiperth, Olaf L. F. Weyl, Joelle D. Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14624-2