Impacts in the Northeast

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Impacts in the Northeast
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Engineering Institute of Medicine National
Research Council

• Fisheries
• Cod affected by water temperature
• Habitat may become restricted to cooler pockets
  (lt54F for adults, lt46F for young)
• Lobsters affected by oxygen levels
• Warmer water holds less oxygen oxygen becomes
  insufficient for lobsters gt79F
• In north, warming may improve lobster habitat
• Oysters Deadly parasite Perkinsus marinus moving
  northward
• Range expanded from Chesapeake Bay to Maine
  shift linked to above-average winter temperatures