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Changes in the range of some common rocky shore species in Britian - a response to climate change?
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posted on 2023-05-17, 06:34 authored by Mieszkowska, N, Kendall, MA, Hawkins, SJ, Leaper, R, Williamson, P, Hardman-Mountford, NJ, Southward, AJSince the 1990s there has been a period of rapid climate warming in Europe. Long-term broad scale datasets coupled with time series at specific locations for rocky intertidal species dating back to the 1950s have been collected in Britain and Ireland. Resurveys of the original locations in 2001–2003 have been undertaken to identify changes in the biogeographical range and abundance of these species. The results show that some ‘southern’ species including Osilinus lineatus da Costa and Gibbula umbilicalis da Costa have undergone north and north-eastern range extensions. Populations have increased in abundance and adult size has decreased since the previous surveys were conducted. These changes have been synchronous throughout Britain, strongly suggesting that climate is responsible. The use of intertidal species as indicators of climate change is proposed.
History
Publication title
Hydrobiologia: The International Journal on Limnology and Marine SciencesVolume
555Issue
2006Pagination
241-251ISSN
0018-8158Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Kluwer Academic PublPlace of publication
Van Godewijckstraat 30, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 3311 GzRights statement
The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.comRepository Status
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