| overfishing reduces resilience of kelp beds to climate-driven catastrophic phase shift. | a key consideration in assessing impacts of climate change is the possibility of synergistic effects with other human-induced stressors. in the ocean realm, climate change and overfishing pose two of the greatest challenges to the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems. in eastern tasmania, temperate coastal waters are warming at approximately four times the global ocean warming average, representing the fastest rate of warming in the southern hemisphere. this has driven range extension ... | 2009 | 20018706 |