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From: Modelling ocean acidification effects with life stage-specific responses alters spatiotemporal patterns of catch and revenues of American lobster, Homarus americanus

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Effects of environmental change on the distribution of maximum catch potential for H. americanus at the end of the twenty-first century (2091–2100) in a high climate change scenario (RCP 8.5). The top two panels show the null model effects of environmental change without any OA effects (i.e. changes due to temperature, oxygen content, primary production): (a) estimated maximum catch potential in year 2100, and (b) the change in maximum catch potential relative to 2010. Panels (c)–(f) represent the change in catch potential due to the added effects of OA, relative to the null model (panel a), on the different life stages (larval, juvenile, adult). Results are from simulations using the GFDL Earth system model and are the annual average across 10 years. Other parameter values (Table 1): OA mortality effect size = 15%; fishing pressure = MSY; fishing size limit = none.

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