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Journal article
Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Foundation Species
Annual review of marine science, Vol.16(1), pp.247-282
17/01/2024
PMID: 37683273
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Abstract
Marine foundation species are the biotic basis for many of the world's coastal ecosystems, providing structural habitat, food, and protection for myriad plants and animals as well as many ecosystem services. However, climate change poses a significant threat to foundation species and the ecosystems they support.We review the impacts of climate change on common marine foundation species, including corals, kelps, seagrasses, salt marsh plants, mangroves, and bivalves. It is evident that marine foundation species have already been severely impacted by several climate change drivers, often through interactive effects with other human stressors, such as pollution, overfishing, and coastal development. Despite considerable variation in geographical, environmental, and ecological contexts, direct and indirect effects of gradual warming and subsequent heatwaves have emerged as the most pervasive drivers of observed impact and potent threat across all marine foundation species, but effects from sea level rise, ocean acidification, and increased storminess are expected to increase. Documented impacts include changes in the genetic structures, physiology, abundance, and distribution of the foundation species themselves and changes to their interactions with other species, with flow-on effects to associated communities, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning.We discuss strategies to support marine foundation species into the Anthropocene, in order to increase their resilience and ensure the persistence of the ecosystem services they provide.
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- Title
- Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Foundation Species
- Creators
- Thomas Wernberg - University of Western AustraliaMads S. Thomsen - Univ Canterbury, Sch Biol Sci, Marine Ecol Res Grp, Christchurch, New ZealandJulia K. Baum - Univ Victoria, Dept Biol, Victoria, BC, CanadaMelanie J. Bishop - Macquarie UniversityJohn F. Bruno - Univ N Carolina, Dept Biol, Chapel Hill, NC USAMelinda A. Coleman - New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (Coffs Harbour)Karen Filbee-Dexter - The University of Western AustraliaKarine Gagnon - Norwegian Institute of Marine ResearchQiang He - Fudan UniversityDaniel Murdiyarso - Center for International Forestry ResearchKerrylee Rogers - University of WollongongBrian R. Silliman - Duke UniversityDan A. Smale - Marine Biological Association of the United KingdomSamuel Starko - The University of Western AustraliaMathew A. Vanderklift - CSIRO, Indian Ocean Marine Res Ctr, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Publication Details
- Annual review of marine science, Vol.16(1), pp.247-282
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Number of pages
- 36
- Grant note
- This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (DP200100201 to T.W. and M.A.C., DP220100650 to T.W. and K.F.-D., LP180100732 and DP230100408 to M.J.B., and DP210100739 to K.R.). M.S.T. was supported by the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (UOWX2206). D.A.S. was supported by a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship (MR/S032827/1).
- Identifiers
- 991013236412002368
- Copyright
- © 2024 by the author(s)
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article