Tropicalization of demersal megafauna in the western South Atlantic since 2013

Increases in demersal species with higher temperature preferences in commercial catches landed in Brazil indicate tropicalization of demersal megafauna in the western South Atlantic since 2013, according to species composition and biomass analysis of 29,021 catches between 2000 and 2019.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jose Angel Alvarez Perez, Rodrigo Sant’Ana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00553-z