Tropical fishes dominate temperate reef fish communities within western Japan.

Climate change is resulting in rapid poleward shifts in the geographical distribution of tropical and subtropical fish species. We can expect that such range shifts are likely to be limited by species-specific resource requirements, with temperate rocky reefs potentially lacking a range of settlemen...

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Main Authors: Yohei Nakamura, David A Feary, Masaru Kanda, Kosaku Yamaoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3849258?pdf=render