Changes in the spatial distribution and anatomy of a range shift for the Atlantic surfclam Spisula solidissima in the Mid-Atlantic Bight and on Georges Bank

2019 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. 77-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
JR Timbs ◽  
EN Powell ◽  
R Mann
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Range Shift ◽  
Georges Bank ◽  
Spisula Solidissima

Spawning Behaviour and Spatial Distribution of Atlantic Herring on Georges Bank Revealed by Ocean Acoustics Waveguide Remote Sensing

2008 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 3103-3103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Purnima Ratilal ◽  
Zheng Gong ◽  
Daniel Cocuzzo ◽  
Mark Andrews ◽  
Srinivasan Jagannathan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Atlantic Herring ◽  
Georges Bank ◽  
Ocean Acoustics ◽  
Spawning Behaviour

Spawning behavior and spatial distribution of Atlantic herring on Georges Bank revealed by ocean acoustics waveguide remote sensing

2007 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 3003
Author(s):  
Zheng Gong ◽  
Daniel Cocuzzo ◽  
Mark Andrews ◽  
Purnima Ratilal ◽  
Srinivasan Jagannathan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Atlantic Herring ◽  
Georges Bank ◽  
Ocean Acoustics ◽  
Spawning Behavior

Spatial distribution and overlap between ichthyoplankton and pelagic fish and squids on the southern flank of Georges Bank

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 267-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance P. Garrison ◽  
William Michaels ◽  
Jason S. Link ◽  
Michael J. Fogarty
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Pelagic Fish ◽  
Georges Bank ◽  
Southern Flank

scholarly journals Climate Aridity and the Geographical Shift of Olive Trees in a Mediterranean Northern Region

Climate ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino ◽  
Rosanna Salvia ◽  
Giovanni Quaranta ◽  
Pavel Cudlín ◽  
Luca Salvati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Olive Tree ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Range Shift ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Warming

Climate change leverages landscape transformations and exerts variable pressure on natural environments and rural systems. Earlier studies outlined how Mediterranean Europe has become a global hotspot of climate warming and land use change. The present work assumes the olive tree, a typical Mediterranean crop, as a candidate bioclimatic indicator, delineating the latent impact of climate aridity on traditional cropping systems at the northern range of the biogeographical distribution of the olive tree. Since the olive tree follows a well-defined latitude gradient with a progressive decline in both frequency and density moving toward the north, we considered Italy as an appropriate case to investigate how climate change may (directly or indirectly) influence the spatial distribution of this crop. By adopting an exploratory approach grounded in the quali-quantitative analysis of official statistics, the present study investigates long-term changes over time in the spatial distribution of the olive tree surface area in Northern Italy, a region traditionally considered outside the ecological range of the species because of unsuitable climate conditions. Olive tree cultivated areas increased in Northern Italy, especially in flat districts and upland areas, while they decreased in Central and Southern Italy under optimal climate conditions, mostly because of land abandonment. The most intense expansion of the olive tree surface area in Italy was observed in the northern region between 1992 and 2000 and corresponded with the intensification of winter droughts during the late 1980s and the early 1990s and local warming since the mid-1980s. Assuming the intrinsic role of farmers in the expansion of the olive tree into the suboptimal land of Northern Italy, the empirical results of our study suggest how climate aridity and local warming may underlie the shift toward the north in the geographical range of the olive tree in the Mediterranean Basin. We finally discussed the implications of the olive range shift as a part of a possible landscape scenario for a more arid future.

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