Warming shelf seas drive the subtropicalization of European pelagic fish communities

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 144-153

  Montero Serra, Ignasi ^a,b   Edwards, Martin ^c   Genner, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SAHFOS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community changes; Marine monitoring; North atlantic ocean; Pelagic fish

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; PISCES; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FISHES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84916894951     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12747     Document Type: Article

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