Document of bibliographic reference 301403
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- Bibliographic resource
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- Journal article
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- Title
- Harmful algal blooms and climate change: exploring future distribution changes
- Abstract
- Harmful algae can cause death in fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and humans, via their toxins or from effects associated with their sheer quantity. There are many species, which cause a variety of problems around north-west Europe, and the frequency and distribution of algal blooms have altered in the recent past. Species distribution modelling was used to understand how harmful algal species may respond in the future to climate change, by considering environmental preferences and how these may shift. Most distribution studies to date use low resolution global model outputs. In this study, high resolution, downscaled shelf seas climate projections for the north-west European shelf were nested within lower resolution global projections, to understand how the distribution of harmful algae may change by the mid to end of century. Projections suggest that the habitat of most species (defined by temperature, salinity, depth, and stratification) will shift north this century, with suitability increasing in the central and northern North Sea. An increase in occurrence here might lead to more frequent detrimental blooms if wind, irradiance and nutrient levels are also suitable. Prioritizing monitoring of species in these susceptible areas could help in establishing early-warning systems for aquaculture and health protection schemes.
- WebOfScience code
- https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000452130300005
- Bibliographic citation
- Townhill, B.L.; Tinker, J.; Jones, M.C.; Pitois, S.G.; Creach, V.; Simpson, S.D.; Dye, S.R.; Bear, E.; Pinnegar, J.K. (2018). Harmful algal blooms and climate change: exploring future distribution changes. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 75(6): 1882–1893. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy113
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- open access
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Authors
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- Bryony Townhill
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- Jonathan Tinker
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- Miranda Jones
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- Sophie Pitois
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- Veronique Creach
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- Stephen Simpson
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- Stephen Dye
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- Elizabeth Bear
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- John Pinnegar
thesaurus terms
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- Aquaculture (term code: 473 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
- Bioclimatology (term code: 913 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
- Habitat (term code: 3851 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
- Impacts (term code: 4252 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
- Toxicity (term code: 8666 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)