Expansion of oxygen minimum zones may reduce available habitat for tropical pelagic fishes

Lothar Stramma, Eric D. Prince (), Sunke Schmidtko, Jiangang Luo, John P. Hoolihan, Martin Visbeck, Douglas W. R. Wallace, Peter Brandt and Arne Körtzinger
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Lothar Stramma: Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR
Eric D. Prince: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Sunke Schmidtko: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Jiangang Luo: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
John P. Hoolihan: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
Martin Visbeck: Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR
Douglas W. R. Wallace: Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR
Peter Brandt: Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR
Arne Körtzinger: Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 1, 33-37

Abstract: One of the impacts of ocean warming is a decrease in dissolved oxygen, with implications for valuable pelagic fish species. A study shows that the oxygenated upper ocean layer in the tropical northeast Atlantic thinned at a rate of around one metre per year between 1960 and 2010, and, by tracking individually tagged fish, demonstrates that this contraction in the oxygenated layer limited the movement of blue marlin.

Date: 2012
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