Some like it hot. Thermal traits and biogeography of tropical to warmtemperate atlantic seaweeds

Seawater temperatures play an important role in the shaping and maintenance of seaweed distributions. In the North Atlantic Ocean, many tropical species are restricted to the western Atlantic (Caribbean), but also a large number of species has an amphi-Atlantic tropical distribution with an additional warm-temperate extension into the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean or Europe. In order to explain these distribution patterns, temperature responses of tropical (to warm-temperate) Atlantic seaweeds were determined experimentally and these responses were compared to seawater temperatures in the field. Species belonging to different geographic localities were examined for the development of ecotypic differentiation in thermal responses. ...

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