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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| description | 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, namely, the oceanic puffer <i>Lagocephalus lagocephalus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), the Madeira rockfish <i>Scorpaena maderensis</i> Valenciennes, 1833, the ornate wrasse <i>Thalassoma pavo</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), and the bearded fireworm <i>Hermodice carunculata</i> (Pallas, 1766). These last three species, along with other occurrences of aquatic fauna and flora along the Portuguese coast, reveal an ongoing process of poleward expansion of several species, which urgently necessitates a comprehensive survey along the entire Iberian Peninsula. The putative origins of these subtropical and tropical species off continental Portugal are discussed, as well as the potential public health problems that two of the four reported species may cause. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a51b1896a9e4245882819d5c0d6c5b62022-12-22T04:20:11ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182019-03-011144810.3390/d11040048d11040048New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe)João Encarnação0Pedro Morais1Vânia Baptista2Joana Cruz3Maria Alexandra Teodósio4CCMAR—Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, PortugalDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Mulford Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USACCMAR—Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, PortugalCCMAR—Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, PortugalCCMAR—Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, PortugalClimate 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, namely, the oceanic puffer <i>Lagocephalus lagocephalus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), the Madeira rockfish <i>Scorpaena maderensis</i> Valenciennes, 1833, the ornate wrasse <i>Thalassoma pavo</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), and the bearded fireworm <i>Hermodice carunculata</i> (Pallas, 1766). These last three species, along with other occurrences of aquatic fauna and flora along the Portuguese coast, reveal an ongoing process of poleward expansion of several species, which urgently necessitates a comprehensive survey along the entire Iberian Peninsula. The putative origins of these subtropical and tropical species off continental Portugal are discussed, as well as the potential public health problems that two of the four reported species may cause.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/4/48climate changetropicalizationspecies distributionrange expansionNorth Atlantic |
| spellingShingle | João Encarnação Pedro Morais Vânia Baptista Joana Cruz Maria Alexandra Teodósio New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe) Diversity climate change tropicalization species distribution range expansion North Atlantic |
| title | New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe) |
| title_full | New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe) |
| title_fullStr | New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe) |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe) |
| title_short | New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe) |
| title_sort | new evidence of marine fauna tropicalization off the southwestern iberian peninsula southwest europe |
| topic | climate change tropicalization species distribution range expansion North Atlantic |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/4/48 |
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