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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, AJ
Since 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 Sciences

Volume

555

Issue

2006

Pagination

241-251

ISSN

0018-8158

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publ

Place of publication

Van Godewijckstraat 30, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 3311 Gz

Rights statement

The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)

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