“…Precisely, it is known that El Niño causes coastal invertebrates’ larval passive displacement. Despite the presence of the northward Humboldt Current, El Niño, by larval advection, is able to temporarily extend southward the distribution range of several mollusk species from the Panamic province, even to the coasts of Chile (Ashton, Riascos, & Pacheco, ; Guzman, Diaz, Ortlieb, & Clarke, ; Paredes, Cardoso, & Tarazona, ; Paredes et al, ; Velez & Zeballos, ). El Niño has the same effect in the vicinity of the California Transition Zone, where it transports larvae in opposite direction to the California Current (Connolly & Roughgarden, ; Glynn, ; Wares et al, ; Zacherl, Gaines, & Lonhart, ).…”