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The effects of climate change on European distributions of four alien marine crab species
Robbie Weterings
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Department of Coastal and Marine Systems, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Agora 1, 8934 CJ Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Zhixin Zhang
Marine Biodiversity and Ecological Evolution Research Center, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou, China
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
Global Ocean and Climate Research Center, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou, China
Tomas O. Cornwell
Department of Coastal and Marine Systems, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Agora 1, 8934 CJ Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
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Short summary
We studied the current and future distribution of four potentially invasive crab species in Europe using species distribution models. The models showed that potential distributions for all species are larger than currently known. Conditions for three species will improve in most of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly in the Adriatic and Aegean seas. These seas are highly suitable and will become more favourable, highlighting the need for monitoring these species.
We studied the current and future distribution of four potentially invasive crab species in...
