Exceeding the tipping point of range-extension meltdown
Scott Ling (1) 1 Ecology & Biodiversity, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Hobart, Tasmania 7001 Coincident with recent ocean warming there has been a dramatic and ongoing increase in the occurrence of warmer-water marine species in eastern Tasmania. While the ecological impact of these ‘range-extending’ species remains largely…