Recent warming leads to a rapid borealization of fish communities in the Arctic

By M. Fossheim, R. Primicerio, E. Johannesen, R. Ingvaldsen, M. Aschan, A. Dolgov. 2015

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Distribution and abundance of euphausiids and pelagic amphipods in Kongsfjorden, Isfjorden and Rijpfjorden (Svalbard) and changes in their relative importance as key prey in a warming marine ecosystem (2016, background): “The recent warming in the Barents Sea has also led to changes in the spatial distribution of fish communities, with boreal communities expanding northwards (Fossheim et al. 2015) including key pelagic species such as capelin (Mallotus villosus) and polar cod (Boreogadus saida), which occur in the Sv”
The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people (2016, background): “A similar phenomenon has been documented in the Arctic, where boreal fish communities have responded to warming in the Barents Sea by shifting northward, resulting in a high turnover in Arctic fish communities (“borealization”) (91).”
Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being (2017, positive): “Diverse disruptions from the redistribution of species include effects on terrestrial productivity (32), impacts onmarine community assembly (33), and threats to the health of freshwater systems from widespread cyanobacteria blooms (34).”
A review of the global climate change impacts, adaptation, and sustainable mitigation measures (2022, background): “1 3 marine community assembly, and the extended invasion of toxic cyanobacteria bloom (Fossheim et al. 2015).”