Atlantic snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus) extends its northward distribution range to Svalbard (Arctic Ocean)

Fleischer, Dirk; Schaber, Matthias; Piepenburg, Dieter

doi:10.1007/s00300-007-0322-y

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“…Scomber scombrus migrates into the Norwegian Sea after spawning and is found as far north as 73°N in warm years (Iversen 2004); obviously, it is also migrating further west. Entelurus aequoreus was captured in the Barents Sea and Greenland Sea for the first time in (Rusyaev et al 2007) and off Spitsbergen in 2006 (Fleischer et al 2007), which corresponds with the first record from the Jan Mayen area. Since 2002, a rise in the abundance of planktonic larvae and juveniles of E. aequoreus west of the British Isles has been observed and linked to the increased sea surface temperatures and global warming (Kirby et al 2006).…”

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The marine fishes of Jan Mayen Island, NE Atlantic – past and present

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Jan Mayen Island was already the focus of science during the First International Polar Year in 1882-1883, even though fish biodiversity played only a minor role. Marine investigations were conducted at irregular intervals until the area was covered by the routine research activities of the Institute of Marine Research (IMR). The objective of this paper is to present an annotated list of species recorded in the Fisheries Zone around Jan Mayen, and to give an overview of the change in species composition and distribution. The data are based on scientific collections, literature citings and the IMR database. Between 1877 and 2009, 71 fish species have been recorded in the area, of which 43 are documented by voucher specimens. The zoarcid species Lycenchelys platyrhina is endemic to the area. Results show an increase in the number of species over the last 40 years, 40 of the 71 species were registered for the first time after 1970. This, on the one hand, is due to complete catch registration and better species identification, and on the other hand, to an enlargement of the species' distribution area and immigration into the Jan Mayen area of other species. The data provides basic information for future monitoring of the area, especially as the polar regions may be strongly affected by climate change, which may have an impact on species abundance and distribution.

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The marine fishes of Jan Mayen Island, NE Atlantic – past and present

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“…Increased sampling efforts in both shallow and deep areas continue to uncover novel species and generate records of taxa previously unrecorded in Arctic waters (Bluhm et al 2005;Lovejoy et al 2006;Gagaev 2008Gagaev , 2009MacDonald et al 2010). At least some of these new records may represent recent northward range expansions of boreal species (e.g., Johns et al 2005;Fleischer et al 2007;Reid et al 2007;Sirenko and Gagaev 2007;Nelson et al 2009), as predicted under a warming climate scenario (Vermeij and Roopnarine 2008). However, others more likely reflect historically poor sampling coverage of the Arctic basin, particularly in deeper areas.…”

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Biodiversity and phylogeography of Arctic marine fauna: insights from molecular tools

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The last decade has seen an increase in the frequency and breadth of application of molecular tools, many of which are beginning to shed light on long-standing questions in biogeography and evolutionary history of marine fauna. We explore new developments with respect to Arctic marine invertebrates, focusing on molecular taxonomy and phylogeography-two areas that have seen the most progress in the time-frame of the Census of Marine Life. International efforts to generate genetic 'barcodes' have yielded new taxonomic insights and applications ranging from diet analysis to identification of larval forms. Increasing availability of genetic data in public databases is also facilitating exploration of largescale patterns in Arctic marine populations. We present new case-studies in meta-population analysis of barcode data from polychaetes and echinoderms that demonstrate such phylogeographic applications. Emerging patterns from ours and other published studies include influences of a complex climatic and glacial history on genetic diversity and evolution in the Arctic, and contrasting patterns of both high gene flow and persistent biogeographic boundaries in contemporary populations.

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“…Between 2004 and 2008 the snake pipefish En�elurus aequ�reus (Linneaus, 1758) was found in the southern and western part of the Barents Sea (Wienerroither et al 2011) and other areas of the northeastern Atlantic (Kirby et al 2006, Fleischer et al 2007, Rusyaev et al 2007). This temporary occurrence was linked to higher water temperatures (Kirby et al 2006, Fleischer et al 2007, Rusyaev et al 2007), which might also have had an effect on the occurrence of other fish species like the present one. Anyway, Philippart et al (2011) predict that southern species are likely to invade the Nordic Seas and thus increase the biodiversity within the fish communities, with some species becoming frequent visitors.…”

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First record of Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838) (Myctophidae) in the Norwegian Sea

Wienerroither

Bjelland

2013

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The myctophid <em>Diaphus rafinesquii</em> is endemic in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean and was for the first time found in the Norwegian Sea. The specimen was captured off northern Norway at about 71° N, representing the northernmost record so far. Meristic and morphometric comparisons showed no evident differences to specimens found in other areas of its distribution. Although the actual abundance and distribution of this species in Norwegian waters remained unclear, we emphasized the general high potential of mesopelagic species for indicating environmental short- and long-time changes by monitoring the faunal change

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Atlantic snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus) extends its northward distribution range to Svalbard (Arctic Ocean)

Cited by 43 publications

References 10 publications

The marine fishes of Jan Mayen Island, NE Atlantic – past and present

The marine fishes of Jan Mayen Island, NE Atlantic – past and present

Biodiversity and phylogeography of Arctic marine fauna: insights from molecular tools

First record of Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838) (Myctophidae) in the Norwegian Sea

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