Designing a species-specific method, based on analysis of eDNA, for detection of lesser weever fish, and testing it at chosen locations along the coa…

2023

Temperature is largely influencing species dispersion, and when the temperature conditions within an area are changing, species populations often respond by moving to other, more suitable areas. Such behavior has often been observed in marine species, because of increased water temperatures in the ocean. Throughout the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, including the North Sea and Skagerrak, increased water temperatures have been registered over the last three decades, which are likely to have affected the availability of suitable habitats for various fish species, and therefore their local presence. This could explain how the warm water fish species lesser weever, Echiichthys vipera, over the pa…