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Influence of climatic changes on stocks, fish species ans marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea

TitleInfluence of climatic changes on stocks, fish species ans marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsBombace
JournalArcho Oceanogr.Limnol
Volume22
Keywordsbiodiversité, biodiversity, changement climatique, climate change, ecosystem, écosystème, espèce d'eau chaude, fish, fish stock, Mediterranean sea, Mer Méditerranée, poisson, stock de poisson, temperature, warm-water species
Abstract

In the last decades, some modifications in stocks, fish species and the marine ecosystems have been recorded as a consequence of climatic changes in the Mediterranean sea. Many authors emphasize more and more frequently a "tropicalization of the Mediterranean sea" (Colloque Scient. Montpellier, 1995). Under a meteorological point of view, this process, shows considerable variability, and is characterized by torrential rains - concentrated in the space and time - followed by periods with high temperature and humidity. At sea, an increase in average temperature has been observed at different levels in the Mediterranean water column (Bethoux et al. 1990).

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