Expected contraction in the distribution ranges of demersal fish of high economic value in the Mediterranean and European Seas.

ABSTRACT: Fisheries and aquaculture are facing many challenges worldwide, especially adaptation to climate change. Investigating future distributional changes of largely harvested species has become an extensive research topic, aiming at providing realistic ecological scenarios on which to build management measures, to help fisheries and aquaculture adapt to future climate-driven changes. Here, we use an ensemble modelling approach to estimate the contemporary and future distributional range of eight demersal fish species of high economic value in the Mediterranean Sea. We identify a cardinal influence of (i) temperature on fish species distributions, all being shaped by yearly mean and seasonality in sea bottom temperature, and (ii) the primary production. By assessing the effects of changes in fut

SUBMITTER: Ben Lamine E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9203508 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature