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Modelling present and future global distributions of razor clams (Bivalvia: Solenidae)
Saeedi, H.; Basher, Z.; Costello, M.J. (2016). Modelling present and future global distributions of razor clams (Bivalvia: Solenidae). Helgol. Mar. Res. 70: 12 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s10152-016-0477-4
In: Helgoland Marine Research. Springer: Berlin; Heidelberg. ISSN 1438-387X; e-ISSN 1438-3888, more
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Keywords
    Mollusca [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Species distribution modelling MaxEnt Climate change Range shifts Mollusca Ocean Biogeographic Information System Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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  • Saeedi, H.
  • Basher, Z.
  • Costello, M.J., more

Abstract
    Razor clams (Pharidae and Solenidae) are deep-burrowing bivalves that inhabit shallow waters of the tropical, subtropical, and temperate seas. Using ‘maximum entropy’, a species distribution modelling software, we predicted the most suitable environments for the entire family and 14 Solen species to indicate their present and future geographic distributions. Distance to land, depth, and sea surface temperature (SST) were the most important environmental variables in training and creating the present and future distribution models both at the family and species level. In the present distribution models at the family level, the most suitable environment was where distance to land was between 0 and 100 km, a depth of 0–150 m, wave height of 5–7 m, a mean chlorophyll-a concentration about 0.7 mg m−3, and mean SST between 12 and 28 °C. Comparison with the future distribution models at the species level, found that most species were predicted to shift their distribution ranges poleward under the future environmental scenarios; i.e. species in the northern hemisphere would shift northward and southern species southward. Models also predicted that half of the species would expand their distribution ranges, 29% of species would not change their distribution, and 21% of species would shrink their distribution ranges under future climate change. Expanding geographic ranges would result in overlap in species ranges and thus greater species richness at regional scales. Model results predict that the mid-latitude peaks of species richness will move further apart, increasing the dip in richness near the equator, due to global climate change.

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