| Literature DB >> 26757930 |
Jørgen S Christiansen1, Erik Bonsdorff2, Ingvar Byrkjedal3, Svein-Erik Fevolden4, Oleg V Karamushko5, Arve Lynghammar4, Catherine W Mecklenburg6,7, Peter D R Møller8, Julius Nielsen4,9, Marie C Nordström2, Kim Præbel4, Rupert M Wienerroither10.
Abstract
During a recent marine biological expedition to the Northeast Greenland shelf break (latitudes 74-77 °N), we made the first discovery of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella) and capelin (Mallotus villosus). Our novel observations shift the distribution range of Atlantic cod >1000 km further north in East Greenland waters. In light of climate change, we discuss physical forcing and putative connections between the faunas of the Northeast Greenland shelf and the Barents Sea. We emphasise the importance of using real data in spread scenarios for understudied Arctic seas.Entities:
Keywords: Atlantic cod; Barents Sea; Climate change; Northeast Greenland shelf; Range extension of fishes
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26757930 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-016-1332-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Naturwissenschaften ISSN: 0028-1042