A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves

•Marine heatwaves cause a range of ecological impacts.•Consistent definition of marine heatwaves will advance comparison.•Metrics are defined to uniquely define these events.•Three recent marine heatwaves illustrate use of the metrics.•We recommend use of these metrics for future studies. Marine hea...

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Published in:	Progress in oceanography Vol. 141; pp. 227 - 238
Main Authors:	Hobday, Alistair J., Alexander, Lisa V., Perkins, Sarah E., Smale, Dan A., Straub, Sandra C., Oliver, Eric C.J., Benthuysen, Jessica A., Burrows, Michael T., Donat, Markus G., Feng, Ming, Holbrook, Neil J., Moore, Pippa J., Scannell, Hillary A., Sen Gupta, Alex, Wernberg, Thomas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2016
Subjects:	Aquaculture Atmospherics Climate change data collection economic impact fisheries Historic Impact analysis Marine marine ecosystems Northwest Atlantic Seafood temperature Western Australia MED, Western Mediterranean MED ANW, Atlantic ISW, Australia, Western Australia Western Australia Northwest Atlantic
ISSN:	0079-6611, 1873-4472
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