Authors: Dirk Fleischer M Schaber D Piepenburg
Publish Date: 2007/07/03
Volume: 30, Issue: 10, Pages: 1359-1362
Abstract
Ecological forecasts predict the immigration of boreal species into Arctic waters as one consequence of rising sea temperatures Here we report the finding of Atlantic snake pipefish Entelurus aequoreus off the western coast of Spitsbergen at 79°N in August 2006 This syngnathid fish species which was presumed to be confined to waters south of Iceland has dramatically increased in population size in its core distribution area in the northeastern Atlantic since 2002 probably in response to greater reproduction success due to higher water temperatures We conclude that our finding is an indication of the predicted northward extension of the distribution range of boreal species
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