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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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Mieszkowska, N and Kendall, MA and Hawkins, SJ and Leaper, R and Williamson, P and Hardman-Mountford, NJ and Southward, AJ, Changes in the range of some common rocky shore species in Britian - a response to climate change?, Hydrobiologia: The International Journal on Limnology and Marine Sciences, 555, (2006) pp. 241-251. ISSN 0018-8158 (2006) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1007/s10750-005-1120-6
Abstract
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.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Ecology |
Research Field: | Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Adaptation to climate change |
Objective Field: | Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem) |
UTAS Author: | Leaper, R (Dr Rebecca Leaper) |
ID Code: | 70557 |
Year Published: | 2006 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 186 |
Deposited By: | Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration |
Deposited On: | 2011-06-28 |
Last Modified: | 2011-07-05 |
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