Ecological traps in shallow coastal waters-Potential effect of heat-waves in tropical and temperate organisms.

Mortality of fish has been reported in tide pools during warm days. That means that tide pools are potential ecological traps for coastal organisms, which happen when environmental changes cause maladaptive habitat selection. Heat-waves are predicted to increase in intensity, duration and frequency,...

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Main Authors: Catarina Vinagre, Vanessa Mendonça, Rui Cereja, Francisca Abreu-Afonso, Marta Dias, Damián Mizrahi, Augusto A V Flores
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5805332?pdf=render