RT journal article
T1 Trends in the decapod crustacean community at the southernmost estuary of the Atlantic coast of Europe
A1 González-Ortegón, Enrique
A1 Freire de Carvalho Souza, Gustavo
A1 Vilas, César
A1 Baldó, Francisco
A1 Cuesta, José A.
A2 Física Aplicada
K1 Animals
K1 Decapoda
K1 Ecosystem
K1 Estuaries
K1 Europe
K1 Spain
AB Climate change may enhance the establishment of introduced species, as well as the poleward shift in distribution of numerous species over decades. Long-term research and monitoring of an ecosystem at the southernmost point of the Atlantic coast of Europe should be an important priority in order to detect and understand trends in species composition and the related environmental changes. The Guadalquivir estuary (South West Spain) is more likely to suffer the exacerbated effects of climate change due to its location in the Mediterranean-climate zone. The long-term data set between 1997 and 2006 has allowed us to analyse the variability of the natural and anthropogenic stressors. The mean interannual dissimilarity of the estuarine fauna (Bray–Curtis dissimilarity index) has showed important differences throughout the years, and the species that most contributed to these differences were the exotic species capable of completing their life cycles. This long-term monitoring of the estuarine community has allowed us to anticipate future events and ecological risk assessment in European waters.
PB Nature Research
SN 2045-2322
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31546
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31546
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 13-nov-2026