Evaluating shelf-wide spatial and temporal changes in fish larval distribution over the last half century in relation to environmental factors and adult distributions

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Funding country

United Kingdom

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Start date

7/1/2007

End date

6/30/2011

Budget

1,110,254 EUR

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Abstract

Summary Objective: Analyse archived SAHFOS Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) fish larval samples from UK Shelf Seas from 1948 to the present day and explore changes in larval abundance, distribution, timing and size in relation to environment, plankton and adult fish. Evaluate how different species of fish have responded to past environmental changes at the critically important larval stage. Key Customer Purpose: Provide better understanding and take account of the impacts of environmental change on commercial fish stocks. The project will also maximise utilisation of the long time-series of CPR data.