A comprehensive assessment of the intertidal biodiversity along the Portuguese coast in the early 2000s.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The unprecedented rates of current biodiversity loss have motivated a renewed interest in environmental and biodiversity monitoring. The need for sustained monitoring strategies has prompted not only the establisment of new long-term monitoring programmes, but also the rescue of data from historical or otherwise archived sources. Amongst the most valuable datasets are those containing information on intertidal systems, as they are particularly well suited for studying the biological effects of climate change. The Portuguese rocky coast is quite interesting for studying the effects of climate change on the distribution of species due to its geographical orientation, latitudinal patterns in temperature, species richness, species' distribution patterns and availability of h

SUBMITTER: Pereira J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8520032 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature