Immigration of southern fish species to south-west England linked to warming of the North Atlantic (1960–2001)

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: Stebbing, A.R.D., Turk, S.M.T., Wheeler, A., Clarke, K.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: Cornish; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315402005325; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315402005325

Evidence is provided that warming of the North Atlantic is responsible for the northward extensions of the ranges of warm water fish species, causing increasing numbers of southern immigrant species to appear off the Cornish coast of the UK. The increasing number of immigrant species is significantly correlated with temperature increases in the North Atlantic over the last 40 years.