New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe)

Climate change and the overall increase of seawater temperature are causing a poleward shift in species distribution, which includes a phenomenon described as the tropicalization of temperate regions. This work aims to report the first records of four species off the southwestern Iberian Peninsula,...

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Main Authors: João Encarnação, Pedro Morais, Vânia Baptista, Joana Cruz, Maria Alexandra Teodósio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/4/48