Physiological mechanisms linking cold acclimation and the poleward distribution limit of a range-extending marine fish.

ABSTRACT: Extensions of species' geographical distributions, or range extensions, are among the primary ecological responses to climate change in the oceans. Considerable variation across the rates at which species' ranges change with temperature hinders our ability to forecast range extensions based on climate data alone. To better manage the consequences of ongoing and future range extensions for global marine biodiversity, more information is needed on the biological mechanisms that link temperatures to range limits. This is especially important at understudied, low relative temperatures relevant to poleward range extensions, which appear to outpace warm range edge contractions four times over. Here, we capitalized on the ongoing range extension of a teleost predator, the Australasian snapper

SUBMITTER: Wolfe BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7248536 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature