Intra-decadal increase in globally-spread Magallana gigas in southern California estuaries
Marah L. Wolfe,
Chelsea M. Bowers-Doerning,
Anabell Espinosa
et al.
Abstract:Introduction and establishment of non-indigenous species (NIS) has been accelerated on a global scale by climate change. NIS Magallana gigas’ (formerly Crassostrea gigas’) global spread over the past several decades has been linked to warming waters, specifically during summer months, raising the specter of more spread due to predicted warming. We tracked changes in density and size distribution of M. gigas in two southern California, USA bays over the decade spanning 2010–2020 using randomly placed quadrats a… Show more
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