FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The impact of climate change on the fish community structure of the eastern continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay BT AF POULARD, Jean-Charles BLANCHARD, Fabian AS 1:1;2:2; FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;2:PDG-DOP-DCM-HMT-RHGUYANE; C1 IFREMER, Dept Ecol & Modeles Halieut, F-44311 Nantes, France. IFREMER, Dept Sci & Technol Halieut, F-29280 Plouzane, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES GUYANE SE PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH PDG-DOP-DCM-HMT-RHGUYANE IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 IF 1.225 TC 63 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-824.pdf LA English DT Article CR EVHOE 2000 EVHOE 2001 EVHOE 2002 EVHOE 871 EVHOE 882 EVHOE 883 EVHOE 894 EVHOE 905 EVHOE 927 EVHOE 948 EVHOE 959 EVHOE 97 EVHOE 98 EVHOE 99 BO Thalassa DE ;Groundfish surveys;Fish community;Climate change;Bay of Biscay AB Many fish species are at the southern or northern limit of their distribution range tit the Bay of Biscay, where large-scale hydroclimatic changes have occurred in recent decades. We attempt here to identify the impact of these changes on the fish community of the eastern continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay. Data collected during 14 autumn groundfish surveys in 1973 and from 1987 to 2002 are used. The study area is between latitudes 48 degrees 30'N and 43 degrees 30'N while the depth ranges from 15 to 200 m. Annual abundance indices (number of individuals per km(2)) of 56 fish taxa present on average in at least 5% of the tows are computed. Multivariate analysis is used to detect temporal trends in these species' abundance indices. Assuming that increased water temperature may favour Subtropical species and hinder temperate ones, knowledge about the latitudinal distribution range is used to interpret time trends. Results show an increasing abundance trend with time for fish species having a wide distribution range in latitude (mainly subtropical ones), whereas the abundance of temperate and the least widely distributed species decreased steadily. PY 2005 PD OCT SO ICES Journal of Marine Science SN 1054-3139 PU Elsevier VL 62 IS 7 UT 000233659300023 BP 1436 EP 1443 DI 10.1016/j.icesjms.2005.04.017 ID 824 ER EF