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Using natural analogues to investigate the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on Northern ecosystems
Rastrick, Samuel S. P.; Graham, Helen; Azetsu-Scott, Kumiko; Calosi, Piero; Chierici, Melissa; Fransson, Agneta; Hop, Haakon; Hall-Spencer, Jason; Milazzo, Marco; Thor, Peter; Kutti, Tina
Sammanfattning
Northern oceans are in a state of rapid transition. Still, our knowledge of the likely effects of climate change and ocean acidification on key species in the food web, functionally important habitats and the structure of Arctic and sub-Arctic ecosystems is limited and based mainly on short-term laboratory studies on single species. This review discusses how tropical and temperate natural analogues of carbonate chemistry drivers, such as CO2 vents, have been used to further our knowledge of the sensitivity of biological systems to predicted climate change, and thus assess the capacity of different species to show long-term acclimation and adaptation to elevated levels of pCO(2). Natural analogues have also provided the means to scale-up from single-species responses to community and ecosystem level responses. However, to date the application of such approaches is limited in high latitude systems. A range of Arctic and sub-Arctic sites, including CO2 vents, methane cold seeps, estuaries, up-welling areas, and polar fronts, that encompass gradients of pH, carbonate saturation state, and alkalinity, are suggested for future high latitude, in-situ ocean acidification research. It is recommended that combinations of monitoring of the chemical oceanography, observational, and experimental (in situ and laboratory) studies of organisms around these natural analogues be used to attain better predictions of the impacts of ocean acidification and climate change on high latitude species and ecosystems.
Nyckelord
adaptation; calcium carbonate saturation; community; observational studies; pH; polar
Publicerad i
ICES Journal of Marine Science
2018, Volym: 75, nummer: 7, sidor: 2299-2311
Utgivare: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
UKÄ forskningsämne
Ekologi
Publikationens identifierare
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy128
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/120129