The summer flounder – one of the most sought-after catches on the U.S. East Coast – is stirring up a climate change battle as it glides through the sand and grasses at the bottom of a warming North Atlantic…Changes in local temperatures can explain recent geographical shifts of more than 300 different fish species: They’ve migrated toward the north or south poles, and even east or west into deeper waters, depending on their original locations. “We do think that climate is playing an important role for a wide range of species,” said Malin Pinsky, a Rutgers University ecologist who led that research and who now is heading the joint researcher/manager study on summer flounder’s changes.
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