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Immigration of southern fish species to south-west England linked to warming of the North Atlantic (1960–2001)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2002

A.R.D. Stebbing
Affiliation:
Centre for Climate Change Impact Forecasting, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
S.M.T. Turk
Affiliation:
Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Five Acres, Allet, Truro, TR4 9DJ
A. Wheeler
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD
K.R. Clarke
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
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Abstract

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Evidence is provided that warming of the North Atlantic is responsible for the northward extensions of the ranges of warm water fish species, causing increasing numbers of southern immigrant species to appear off the Cornish coast of the UK. The increasing number of immigrant species is significantly correlated with temperature increases in the North Atlantic over the last 40 years.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom