American lobster
A silver lining: How warming waters in the Gulf of Maine gave lobsters a leg up
Warming coastal waters in New England have been linked to a decline in lobsters in southern New England, but a new article by Goode et al. proposes that it is precisely this warming that boosted the Maine lobster fishery to where it is now. Kristin HuizengaI am a PhD student studying Biological Oceanography at the […]
Lobsters may dive deeper as climate changes
The American lobster is an iconic and economically significant species found all along the New England coast. Due to temperature sensitivity during the vulnerable larval stage, lobsters will likely be shifting their habitat north in the face of ocean warming caused by global climate change. This study shows that lobsters are also shifting into deeper […]
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