Rising environmental temperatures and biogeography: Poleward range contraction of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis L., in the western Atlantic

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2243-2259

  Jones, Sierra J ^a   Lima, Fernando P ^a,b   Wethey, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Biogeography; Climate change; Mytilus; Survival; Thermal tolerance; Water temperature; Western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MORTALITY; PROTEIN; RANGE SIZE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); UNITED STATES;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 78649520376     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02386.x     Document Type: Article

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