Disentangling the effects of fishing and temperature to explain increasing fish species richness in the North Sea

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 3133 - 3155
• Main Authors: Jones, D. Ieuan, Miethe, Tanja, Clarke, Elizabeth D., Marshall, C. Tara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Climate change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Fish; Fishing; Fishing mortality; Global temperature changes; Health aspects; Life Sciences; Mortality; Ocean temperature; Original Research; Species richness; Temperature effects; North Sea; Fishing mortality; Climate change; Marine biodiversity

Climate change and fishing have impacted marine species richness ( R ) at global and local scales. It has previously been shown that R of the fish community in the North Sea has increased since the early 1980’s. Over the same period, ocean temperature has increased, and fishing mortality has decreas...