Potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans
The combustion of fossil fuels and the resultant impacts on climate may now represent one of the largest environmental threats. In the Mediterranean Sea, changes in bio-chemical and physical seawater properties resulting from global warming are likely to alter marine biodiversity and productivity, t...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0025315408002476 2024-09-30T14:32:44+00:00 Potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans Gambaiani, D.D. Mayol, P. Isaac, S.J. Simmonds, M.P. 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315408002476 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315408002476 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 89, issue 1, page 179-201 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 journal-article 2008 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315408002476 2024-09-11T04:01:19Z The combustion of fossil fuels and the resultant impacts on climate may now represent one of the largest environmental threats. In the Mediterranean Sea, changes in bio-chemical and physical seawater properties resulting from global warming are likely to alter marine biodiversity and productivity, trigger trophic web mismatches and encourage diseases, toxic algal bloom and propagation of thermophilic species. This review highlights the current and potential threats of climate change to the Mediterranean marine ecosystems, including cetaceans, and stresses the emergent necessity for more integrated regulations and policies for the protection of marine biodiversity. For instance, in the Mediterranean Sea, the distribution and abundance of the small euphausid species Meganyctiphanes norvegica is correlated with specific hydrobiological parameters including seawater temperature, salinity and current patterns. Situated at the northern limit of its ecological tolerance, this species, which constitutes the only known food supply of the fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in this region, might be affected by climate change-induced alteration of ocean circulation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera physalus Meganyctiphanes norvegica Cambridge University Press Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89 1 179 201 |
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The combustion of fossil fuels and the resultant impacts on climate may now represent one of the largest environmental threats. In the Mediterranean Sea, changes in bio-chemical and physical seawater properties resulting from global warming are likely to alter marine biodiversity and productivity, trigger trophic web mismatches and encourage diseases, toxic algal bloom and propagation of thermophilic species. This review highlights the current and potential threats of climate change to the Mediterranean marine ecosystems, including cetaceans, and stresses the emergent necessity for more integrated regulations and policies for the protection of marine biodiversity. For instance, in the Mediterranean Sea, the distribution and abundance of the small euphausid species Meganyctiphanes norvegica is correlated with specific hydrobiological parameters including seawater temperature, salinity and current patterns. Situated at the northern limit of its ecological tolerance, this species, which constitutes the only known food supply of the fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in this region, might be affected by climate change-induced alteration of ocean circulation. |
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Gambaiani, D.D. Mayol, P. Isaac, S.J. Simmonds, M.P. Potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans |
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Potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans |
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Potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans |
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Potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans |
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Potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans |
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potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans |
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