Continuous Plankton Recorder - multi-decadal time series for pelagic ecosystems

oncept note 1 Providing tools to support the development of an adaptive management of UK fishery Climate change can considerably affect the productivity of fish populations, magnifying already unstable conditions of overexploited fish stocks and reducing their resilience, with major socio-economic impacts. In recent decades, rising seawater temperature and changes in food-web structure observed in UK waters have been linked with increasing abundances of warm-water fish species (e.g. red-mullet, john dory) and corresponding declines and poor recruitment of cold-water fish species (e.g. cod, herring). In waters surrounding the UK, and more in general in mid-latitudinal regions, shifts hav…

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