It encompasses many aspects of fish from habitat structure to physiological effects of climate change. Fish Oc also considers the fish in the larger context of being a target for one or more fisheries. This class covers physical systems and factors that may effect fish distribution, abundance, survival, reproduction, and availability to the fisheries. We consider local, regional and basin-wide scales. Examples are used from Alaska, the North Pacific and around the world.
Time scales affecting fishes range from seconds to millennia.
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