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Assessing the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on a migratory demersal predator in the Alboran Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2015

José Carlos Báez
José Carlos Báez*
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Puerto pesquero s/n Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain Investigador asociado de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Chile
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Correspondence should be addressed to:J.C. Báez, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Puerto pesquero s/n Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain email: granbaez_29@hotmail.com
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Abstract

This study analysed the regime shift of tope shark and the overlapping taxa Raja spp. in the Alboran Sea. Tope shark and Raja spp. landings are both significantly correlated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). A significant negative correlation was found between Raja spp. landings and tope shark landings. This finding suggests that climatic oscillations affect regime shifts between these taxa in the Alboran Sea. Studies are scarce on the dependence of deep-sea communities on biological and physical processes occurring in near-shore pelagic environments mediated by large-scale atmospheric phenomena. Similar to previous studies on the Mediterranean Sea, a close association was found between landings of deep-water animals and the NAO. The main conclusion is that the regime shift of tope shark and the overlapping taxa Raja spp. is mediated by a negative NAO and accumulated snow.

Keywords

atmospheric oscillationGaleorhinus galeusMediterraneanNAORajarayregime shifttope shark
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 96 , Issue 7 , November 2016 , pp. 1499 - 1505
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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