Conservation evidence from climate-related stressors in the deep-time marine fossil record.
Conservation of marine species requires the ability to predict the effects of climate-related stressors in an uncertain future. Experiments and observations in modern settings provide crucial information, but lack temporal scale and cannot anticipate emergent effects during ongoing global change. By...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt4x00n29w 2023-05-15T17:51:42+02:00 Conservation evidence from climate-related stressors in the deep-time marine fossil record. Clapham, Matthew E 20190223 2019-12-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4x00n29w unknown eScholarship, University of California qt4x00n29w https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4x00n29w public Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, vol 374, iss 1788 climate change conservation palaeobiology mass extinctions ocean acidification palaeontology Biological Sciences Medical and Health Sciences Evolutionary Biology article 2019 ftcdlib 2020-05-01T22:54:49Z Conservation of marine species requires the ability to predict the effects of climate-related stressors in an uncertain future. Experiments and observations in modern settings provide crucial information, but lack temporal scale and cannot anticipate emergent effects during ongoing global change. By contrast, the deep-time fossil record contains the long-term perspective at multiple global change events that can be used, at a broad scale, to test hypothesized effects of climate-related stressors. For example, geologically rapid carbon cycle disruption has often caused crises in reef ecosystems, and selective extinctions support the hypothesis that greater activity levels promote survival. Geographical patterns of extinction and extirpation were more variable than predicted from modern physiology, with tropical and temperate extinction peaks observed at different ancient events. Like any data source, the deep-time record has limitations but also provides opportunities that complement the limitations of modern and historical data. In particular, the deep-time record is the best source of information on actual outcomes of climate-related stressors in natural settings and over evolutionary timescales. Closer integration of modern and deep-time evidence can expand the types of hypotheses testable with the fossil record, yielding better predictions of extinction risk as climate-related stressors continue to intensify in future oceans. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'The past is a foreign country: how much can the fossil record actually inform conservation?' Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification University of California: eScholarship |
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Conservation of marine species requires the ability to predict the effects of climate-related stressors in an uncertain future. Experiments and observations in modern settings provide crucial information, but lack temporal scale and cannot anticipate emergent effects during ongoing global change. By contrast, the deep-time fossil record contains the long-term perspective at multiple global change events that can be used, at a broad scale, to test hypothesized effects of climate-related stressors. For example, geologically rapid carbon cycle disruption has often caused crises in reef ecosystems, and selective extinctions support the hypothesis that greater activity levels promote survival. Geographical patterns of extinction and extirpation were more variable than predicted from modern physiology, with tropical and temperate extinction peaks observed at different ancient events. Like any data source, the deep-time record has limitations but also provides opportunities that complement the limitations of modern and historical data. In particular, the deep-time record is the best source of information on actual outcomes of climate-related stressors in natural settings and over evolutionary timescales. Closer integration of modern and deep-time evidence can expand the types of hypotheses testable with the fossil record, yielding better predictions of extinction risk as climate-related stressors continue to intensify in future oceans. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'The past is a foreign country: how much can the fossil record actually inform conservation?' |
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Conservation evidence from climate-related stressors in the deep-time marine fossil record. |
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Conservation evidence from climate-related stressors in the deep-time marine fossil record. |
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Conservation evidence from climate-related stressors in the deep-time marine fossil record. |
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Conservation evidence from climate-related stressors in the deep-time marine fossil record. |
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Conservation evidence from climate-related stressors in the deep-time marine fossil record. |
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conservation evidence from climate-related stressors in the deep-time marine fossil record. |
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