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Expansion of oxygen minimum zones may reduce available habitat for tropical pelagic fishes

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  • Lothar Stramma

    (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR)

  • Eric D. Prince

    (National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center)

  • Sunke Schmidtko

    (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
    Present address: School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK)

  • Jiangang Luo

    (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami)

  • John P. Hoolihan

    (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami)

  • Martin Visbeck

    (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR)

  • Douglas W. R. Wallace

    (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR
    Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dalhousie University)

  • Peter Brandt

    (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR)

  • Arne Körtzinger

    (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR)

Abstract

One of the impacts of ocean warming is a decrease in dissolved oxygen, with implications for valuable pelagic fish species. A study shows that the oxygenated upper ocean layer in the tropical northeast Atlantic thinned at a rate of around one metre per year between 1960 and 2010, and, by tracking individually tagged fish, demonstrates that this contraction in the oxygenated layer limited the movement of blue marlin.

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  • Lothar Stramma & Eric D. Prince & Sunke Schmidtko & Jiangang Luo & John P. Hoolihan & Martin Visbeck & Douglas W. R. Wallace & Peter Brandt & Arne Körtzinger, 2012. "Expansion of oxygen minimum zones may reduce available habitat for tropical pelagic fishes," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 2(1), pages 33-37, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:1:d:10.1038_nclimate1304
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1304
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    1. Catherine V. Davis & Elizabeth C. Sibert & Peter H. Jacobs & Natalie Burls & Pincelli M. Hull, 2023. "Intermediate water circulation drives distribution of Pliocene Oxygen Minimum Zones," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Shian-Jhong Lin & Wei-Chuan Chiang & Michael K. Musyl & Sheng-Ping Wang & Nan-Jay Su & Qi-Xuan Chang & Yuan-Shing Ho & Itsumi Nakamura & Chen-Te Tseng & Ryo Kawabe, 2020. "Movements and Habitat Use of Dolphinfish ( Coryphaena hippurus ) in the East China Sea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-17, July.
    3. Ban, Natalie C. & Maxwell, Sara M. & Dunn, Daniel C. & Hobday, Alistair J. & Bax, Nicholas J. & Ardron, Jeff & Gjerde, Kristina M. & Game, Edward T. & Devillers, Rodolphe & Kaplan, David M. & Dunstan,, 2014. "Better integration of sectoral planning and management approaches for the interlinked ecology of the open oceans," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 127-136.

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