Setting The Limit: Cold Rather Than Hot Temperatures Limit Intertidal Distribution of a Coastal Foundation Species
Marine Environmental Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 107149 - 107149
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Fifteen Years of Marine Biodiversity in the Journal Diversity and the Importance of Publishing Natural History Field Notes
Diversity,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(4), P. 267 - 267
Published: April 10, 2025
Diversity’s
Special
Issue
“15th
Anniversary
of
Diversity—Biodiversity,
Conservation
and
Ecology
Animals,
Plants
Microorganisms”
was
launched
in
2024
to
celebrate
15
years
the
journal’s
existence
since
its
founding
2009
[...]
Language: Английский
Massive barnacle recruitment on the Gulf of St. Lawrence coast of Nova Scotia (Canada) in 2024 linked to increased sea surface temperature
PeerJ,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12, P. e18208 - e18208
Published: Sept. 26, 2024
With
the
ongoing
climate
and
oceanographic
change,
an
increasing
number
of
studies
are
reporting
dramatic
population
losses
caused
by
thermal
extremes
in
intertidal
habitats.
Under
moderate
warming,
however,
populations
can
fare
better
places
where
species
normally
experienced
suboptimal
temperatures.
This
article
reports
massive
recruitment
barnacle
Semibalanus
balanoides
on
Gulf
St.
Lawrence
coast
Nova
Scotia
(Canada)
2024.
As
recruits
appear
mostly
during
May
this
region,
coastal
sea
surface
temperature
(SST)
April
is
critical
for
ecological
performance
larvae,
as
they
pelagic
live
water
column
weeks
before
settlement.
Thus,
a
study
that
spanned
12
years
(2005
to
2016)
found
annual
was
positively
correlated
SST.
In
2024,
SST
116%
higher
than
same
month
averaged
over
those
(4.1
vs
.
1.9
°C).
spike
followed
elevated
111%
average
(1,278
607
dm
−2
).
Overall
studied
years,
amount
variation
statistically
explained
51%.
While
southern
distribution
limit
S.
has
moved
northwards
recent
decades
due
lethal
our
results
support
notion
improving
reproductive
success
with
seawater
warming
colder
northern
shores.
Language: Английский
Extremely Rare Finding of a Chiton (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) in a Rocky Intertidal Habitat in Nova Scotia (Canada)
Diversity,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(11), P. 667 - 667
Published: Oct. 29, 2024
Chitons
are
a
group
of
mollusks
(polyplacophores)
that
differ
from
the
most
often
found
on
marine
rocky
shores
(bivalves
and
gastropods).
On
Atlantic
coast
North
America,
chitons
have
been
reported
in
subtidal
habitats
Newfoundland
(Canada)
to
New
England
(USA).
Here,
we
report
finding
Boreochiton
ruber
at
mid-to-high
intertidal
zone
wave-exposed
habitat
Nova
Scotia
(Canada).
After
surveying
various
coastal
locations
across
for
20
years
(2004
2024),
this
was
only
chiton
ever
such
habitats,
making
an
extremely
rare
occurrence.
Rare
species
may
contribute
unique
ways
community
functioning,
their
reports
valuable
biodiversity
ecosystem
research.
Language: Английский