We show that the distributions of both exploited and nonexploited North Sea fishes have responded markedly to recent increases in sea temperature, with nearly two-thirds of species shifting in mean latitude or depth or both over 25 years. For species with northerly or southerly range margins in the North Sea, half have shown boundary shifts with warming, and all but one shifted northward. Speci...

The North Sea washes up on some of the lowest-lying coastlines around the world. The standard response to protect land from its ravages has been to build solid dykes between land and sea. And many parts of the Netherlands have been more ambitiously reclaimed from the North Sea by such means. But, in the face of climate change and rising sea levels, researchers have been thinking about other mec...

The population structure of the highly mobile marine mammal, the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), in the Atlantic shelf waters follows a pattern of significant isolation-by-distance. The population structure of harbor porpoises from the Baltic Sea, which is connected with the North Sea through a series of basins separated by shallow underwater ridges, however, is more complex. Here, we inve...

Wild waterfowl are primary reservoirs of avian influenza viruses (AIV). However the role of sea ducks in the ecology of avian influenza, and how that role differs from freshwater ducks, has not been examined. We obtained and analyzed sera from North Atlantic sea ducks and determined the seroprevalence in those populations. We also tested swab samples from North Atlantic sea ducks for the presen...

The effects of physical mixing processes on phytoplankton production in the marlne environment are well established. However, the effects of these processes on growth and condition of zooplankton and larval fish are at present poorly understood. In this study, w e utilized phytoplankton group-specif~c fatty acid content to trace the phytoplankton group and mixing regime contributing to the cond...

Interannual variations in the sea surface temperature (SST) to the north of Australia are strongly linked to variations in Australian climate, including winter rainfall and tropical cyclone numbers. The north Australian SSTs are also closely linked to ENSO and tropical Pacific SSTs, with the relationship exhibiting a strong seasonal cycle. Credible predictions of Australian climate change there...

With so many fish stocks under pressure, increasing catch levels for one population by 30 per cent might appear catastrophic. But European fishing ministers believe such a move might help tackle two problems. Fishermen in the North Sea will be able to catch more cod this year, but cod fisheries elsewhere around Europe will be further restricted. EU ministers agreed late last month the fish quot...

Citation: Rêve-Lamarche A-H, Alvain S, Racault M-F, Dessailly D, Guiselin N, Jamet C, Vantrepotte V and Beaugrand G (2017) Estimation of the Potential Detection of Diatom Assemblages Based on Ocean Color Radiance Anomalies in the North Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:408. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00408 Estimation of the Potential Detection of Diatom Assemblages Based on Ocean Color Radiance Anomalies in...