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Christopher Melrose NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett Laboratory Chris.Melrose@NOAA.gov resourceProvider NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett Laboratory resourceProvider Jonathan Hare NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett Laboratory Jon.Hare@NOAA.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett Laboratory website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Wendy E. Morrison NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Mark W. Nelson NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Megan M. Stachura NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Eric J. Teeters NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Roger B. Griffis NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Michael A. Alexander NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator James D. Scott NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Larry Alade NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Richard J. Bell NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Antonie S. Chute NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Kiersten L. Curti NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Tobey H. Curtis NOAA Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/greater-atlantic-regional-fisheries-office HTTPS NOAA Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Daniel Kircheis NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator John F. Kocik NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Sean M. Lucey NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Camilla T. McCandless NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Lisa Milke NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Milford Laboratory (NMFS/NEFSC) lisa.milke@noaa.gov http://nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/Milford/ HTTP NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Milford Laboratory (NMFS/NEFSC) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator David Richardson University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) http://www.rsmas.miami.edu HTTP University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Eric Robillard NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Harvey J. Walsh NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator M. Conor McManus NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Katrin E. Marancik NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Carolyn A. Griswold NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NEFSC) principalInvestigator Hare, Jonathan A. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett Laboratory https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett Laboratory website Institution web page information author Morrison, Wendy E. NOAA Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information author Nelson, Mark W. NOAA Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information author Stachura, Megan M. NOAA Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information author Teeters, Eric J. NOAA Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information author Griffis, Roger B. NOAA Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information author Alexander, Michael A. NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information author Scott, James D. NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information author Alade, Larry NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Bell, Richard J. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Chute, Antonie S. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Curti, Kiersten L. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Curtis, Tobey H. NOAA Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/greater-atlantic-regional-fisheries-office HTTPS NOAA Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) website Institution web page information author Kircheis, Daniel NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Kocik, John F. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Lucey, Sean M. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author McCandless, Camilla T. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Milke, Lisa M. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Milford Laboratory http://nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/Milford/ HTTP NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Milford Laboratory (NMFS/NEFSC) website Institution web page information author Richardson, David E. University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science http://www.rsmas.miami.edu HTTP University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) website Institution web page information author Robillard, Eric NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Walsh, Harvey J. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author McManus, M. Conor NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Marancik, Katrin E. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author Griswold, Carolyn A. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center author tableDigital The data represent two outputs from the Northeast Fisheries Climate Vulnerability assessment. The first are the biological sensitivity and climate exposure scores for each of the 82 species. The second are the estimated effect of climate change on each of the 82 species. Climate change and decadal variability are impacting marine fish and invertebrate species worldwide and these impacts will continue for the foreseeable future. Quantitative approaches have been developed to examine climate impacts on productivity, abundance, and distribution of various marine fish and invertebrate species. However, it is difficult to apply these approaches to large numbers of species owing to the lack of mechanistic understanding sufficient for quantitative analyses, as well as the lack of scientific infrastructure to support these more detailed studies. Vulnerability assessments provide a framework for evaluating climate impacts over a broad range of species with existing information. These methods combine the exposure of a species to a stressor (climate change and decadal variability) and the sensitivity of species to the stressor. These two components are then combined to estimate an overall vulnerability. Quantitative data are used when available, but qualitative information and expert opinion are used when quantitative data is lacking. To evaluate the vulnerability of 82 species of fish and invertebrates to climate change on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf Funding Information: NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (Developing Carbon Dioxide Climatology and Ocean Acidification Indicators in the Northeastern U.S. Coastal Waters, 13436) Funding Information: NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (Population and Ecosystem Modeling of Ocean Acidification on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf, OAPFY13.03.NEFSC.005) completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0154384 Preview graphic PNG 0154384 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2016-11-21 publication FISH SPECIES INVERTEBRATE SPECIES theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS biological laboratory experiments theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett Laboratory dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC Ocean Acidification Scientific Data Stewardship (OADS) US DOC; NOAA; Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Gulf of Maine Mid-Atlantic Bight place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS) Project project Ocean Acidification Search Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Expert opinion Vulnerability assessment theme OCADS Study Type Acadian Redfish Adult Mobility Alewife American Eel American Lobster American Plaice American Shad Anchovies Atlantic Cod Atlantic Croaker Atlantic Hagfish Atlantic Halibut Atlantic Herring Atlantic Mackerel Atlantic Menahden Atlantic Menhaden Atlantic Salmon Atlantic Saury Atlantic Sea Scallop Atlantic Sturgeon Atlantic Surfclam Atlantic Wolffish Barndoor Skate Bay Scallop Benthic Invertebrate Black Sea Bass Bloodworm Blue Crab Blue Mussel Blueback Herring Bluefish Butterfish Cancer Crabs Channeled Whelk Cleanrnose Skate Clearnose Skate Climate Change Climate Vulnerability Assessment Coastal Coastal Fish Complexity in Reproductive Strategy Conger Eel Cusk Deep-sea Red Crab Diadromous Diadromous Fish Dispersal of Early Life Stages Dusky Shark Early Life History Survival and Settlement Requirements Eastern Oyster Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management Elasmobranch Expert opinion Exposure Factor Fisheries Green Sea Urchin Groundfish Habitat Specificity Haddock Hickory Shad Horseshoe Crab Invertebrates Knobbed Whelk Little Skate Longfin Inshore Squid Monkfish Northern Kingfish Northern Quahog Northern Shortfin Squid Northern Shrimp Ocean Acidification Ocean Pout Ocean Quahog Offshore Hake Pelagic Pelagic Fish and Cephalapods Pollock Population Growth Rate Porbeagle Prey Specificity Rainbow Smelt Red Drum Red Hake Rosette Skate Sand Lances Sand Tiger Scup Sensitivity Attribute Sensitivity to Ocean Acidification Sensitivity to Temperature Shortnose Sturgeon Silver Hake Smooth Dogfish Smooth Skate Softshell Clam Spanish Mackerel Spawning Cycle Spiny Dogfish Spot Spotted Seatrout Stock Size/Status Striped Bass Summer Flounder Tautog Thorny Skate Tilefish Variability in Air Temperature Variability in Ocean Acidification Variability in Precipitation Variability in Sea Surface Salinity Variability in Sea Surface Temperature Weakfish White Hake Windowpane Winter Flounder Winter Skate Witch Flounder Yellowtail Flounder theme Provider Keywords Low, Moderate, High, Very High, Negative, Neutral or Postive theme Provider Variable Abbreviations OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Georges Bank Gulf of Maine Mid-Atlantic Bight Northeast US Continental Shelf Northeastern coasts of the United States Southern New England place Provider Geographic Names accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Hare, Jonathan A.; Morrison, Wendy E.; Nelson, Mark W.; Stachura, Megan M.; Teeters, Eric J.; Griffis, Roger B.; Alexander, Michael A.; Scott, James D.; Alade, Larry; Bell, Richard J.; Chute, Antonie S.; Curti, Kiersten L.; Curtis, Tobey H.; Kircheis, Daniel; Kocik, John F.; Lucey, Sean M.; McCandless, Camilla T.; Milke, Lisa M.; Richardson, David E.; Robillard, Eric; Walsh, Harvey J.; McManus, M. Conor; Marancik, Katrin E.; Griswold, Carolyn A. (2016). A vulnerability assessment of fish and invertebrates to climate change on the northeast US Continental Shelf (NCEI Accession 0154384). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5dv1gxq. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. Hare, J. A., Morrison, W. E., Nelson, M. W., Stachura, M. M., Teeters, E. J., Griffis, R. B., Alexander, M. A., Scott, J. D., Alade, L., Bell, R. J., Chute, A. S., Curti, K. L., Curtis, T. H., Kircheis, D., Kocik, J. F., Lucey, S. M., McCandless, C. T., Milke, L. M., Richardson, D. E., … Griswold, C. A. (2016). A Vulnerability Assessment of Fish and Invertebrates to Climate Change on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf. PLOS ONE, 11(2), e0146756. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146756 2016-02-03 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146756 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146756 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146756 journal article information Hare, Jonathan A. author Morrison, Wendy E. author Nelson, Mark W. author Stachura, Megan M. author Teeters, Eric J. author Griffis, Roger B. author Alexander, Michael A. author Scott, James D. author Alade, Larry author Bell, Richard J. author Chute, Antonie S. author Curti, Kiersten L. author Curtis, Tobey H. author Kircheis, Daniel author Kocik, John F. author Lucey, Sean M. author McCandless, Camilla T. author Milke, Lisa M. author Richardson, David E. author Robillard, Eric author Walsh, Harvey J. author McManus, M. Conor author Marancik, Katrin E. author Griswold, Carolyn A. author Hiddink, Jan Geert editor Public Library of Science (PLoS) publisher documentDigital PLoS ONE 11(2) ISSN 1932-6203, p. e0146756 crossReference project NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2022). Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS). 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0154384 v1.1 was published. 2016-11-23T13:28:11Z NCEI Accession 0154384 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0154384/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0154384 v1.1 published 2016-11-23T13:28:11Z download nonGeographicDataset Parameter or Variable: Vulnerability Assessment; Abbreviation: Low, Moderate, High, Very High, Negative, Neutral or Postive; Unit: Number of votes; Observation type: Expert Opinion; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: The vulnerability of eighty-two species, seperated into six functional groups were assessed by polling expert opinions. Experts were asked rate the vulnerability of a species to climate change based on specific attributes. Attributes were either exposure factors (eg. what is this species degree of exposure to a specific environmental impacts of climate change?), or sensitivity attributes (eg. How succeptible are aspects of species' biology or life history to climate change?). The vulnerability of each species and attribute combination was rated as low, moderate, high, or very high. Experts also rated the likely overall response of each species to climate change as either positve, neutral or negative. The vulnerability assessment scores reflect the overall number of experts that held each possible opinion.; Method reference: Hare, J. A., Morrison, W. E., Nelson, M. W., Stachura, M. M., Teeters, E. J., Griffis, R. B., Alexander, M. A., Scott, J. D., Alade, L., Bell, R. J., Chute, A. S., Curti, K. L., Curtis, T. H., Kircheis, D., Kocik, J. F., Lucey, S. M., McCandless, C. T., Milke, L. M., Richardson, D. E., Robillard, E., Walsh, H. J., McManus, M. C., Marancik, K. E., and Griswold, C. A. 2016. A Vulnerability Assessment of Fish and Invertebrates to Climate Change on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf. PLoS One. 11, 2, e0146756. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146756.; Biological subject: Eighty-two species were evaluated and were grouped into six functional groups: Coastal, Diadromous, Elasmobranch, Groundfish, Invertebrates, and Pelagic. The species evaluated were: Acadian Redfish, Alewife, American Eel, American Lobster, American Plaice, American Shad, Anchovies, Atlantic Cod, Atlantic Croaker, Atlantic Hagfish, Atlantic Halibut, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic Mackerel, Atlantic Menahden, Atlantic Salmon, Atlantic Saury, Atlantic Sea Scallop, Atlantic Sturgeon, Atlantic Surfclam, Atlantic Wolffish, Barndoor Skate, Bay Scallop, Black Sea Bass, Bloodworm, Blue Crab, Blue Mussel, Blueback Herring, Bluefish, Butterfish, Cancer Crabs, Channeled Whelk, Cleanrnose Skate, Conger Eel, Cusk, Deep-sea Red Crab, Dusky Shark, Eastern Oyster, Green Sea Urchin, Haddock, Hickory Shad, Horseshoe Crab, Knobbed Whelk, Little Skate, Longfin Inshore Squid, Monkfish, Northern Kingfish, Northern Quahog, Northern Shortfin Squid, Northern Shrimp, Ocean Pout, Ocean Quahog, Offshore Hake, Pollock, Porbeagle, Rainbow Smelt, Red Drum, Red Hake, Rosette Skate, Sand Lances, Sand Tiger, Scup, Shortnose Sturgeon, Silver Hake, Smooth Dogfish, Smooth Skate, Softshell Clam, Spanish Mackerel, Spiny Dogfish, Spot, Spotted Seatrout, Striped Bass, Summer Flounder, Tautog, Thorny Skate, Tilefish, Weakfish, White Hake, Windowpane, Winter Flounder, Winter Skate, Witch Flounder, and Yellowtail Flounder; Researcher name: See list of investigators; Researcher institution: See list of investigators asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. 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