Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorBeukhof, Esther
dc.contributor.authorFrelat, Romain
dc.contributor.authorPecuchet, Laurene
dc.contributor.authorMaureaud, Aurore
dc.contributor.authorDencker, Tim Spaanheden
dc.contributor.authorSólmundsson, Jón
dc.contributor.authorPunzón, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorPrimicerio, Raul
dc.contributor.authorHidalgo, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorMöllmann, Christian
dc.contributor.authorLindegren, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-27T11:11:42Z
dc.date.available2020-02-27T11:11:42Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-29
dc.description.abstractA fundamental challenge in ecology is to understand why species are found where they are and predict where they are likely to occur in the future. Trait-based approaches may provide such understanding, because it is the traits and adaptations of species that determine which environments they can inhabit. It is therefore important to identify key traits that determine species distributions and investigate how these traits relate to the environment. Based on scientific bottom-trawl surveys of marine fish abundances and traits of >1,200 species, we investigate trait-environment relationships and project the trait composition of marine fish communities across the continental shelf seas of the Northern hemisphere. We show that traits related to growth, maturation and lifespan respond most strongly to the environment. This is reflected by a pronounced “fast-slow continuum” of fish life-histories, revealing that traits vary with temperature at large spatial scales, but also with depth and seasonality at more local scales. Our findings provide insight into the structure of marine fish communities and suggest that global warming will favour an expansion of fast-living species. Knowledge of the global and local drivers of trait distributions can thus be used to predict future responses of fish communities to environmental change.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBeukhof, Frelat R, Pecuchet L, Maureaud, Dencker, Sólmundsson, Punzón, Primicerio R, Hidalgo M, Möllmann C, Lindegren M. Marine fish traits follow fast-slow continuum across oceans. Scientific Reports. 2019;9:17878:1-9en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1797730
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-019-53998-2
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/17529
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherNature Researchen_US
dc.relation.journalScientific Reports
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/675997/EU/MARine MAnagement and Ecosystem Dynamics under climate change/MARmaED/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.titleMarine fish traits follow fast-slow continuum across oceansen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


File(s) in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following collection(s)

Show simple item record