Effects of climate change on marine coastal ecosystems – A review to guide research and management ...

• Main Authors: Trégarot, Ewan, D'Olivo, Juan Pablo, Botelho, Andrea Zita, Cabrito, Andrea, Cardoso, Gabriel O., Casal, Gema, Cragg, Simon M., Degia, A. Karima, Fredriksen, Stein, Heiss, Georg
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Freie Universität Berlin 2024
• Subjects: Marine and coastal ecosystems; Climate change; Local stressors; Ecological thresholds; Conservation; 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-42680; https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/42966

There is growing concern over climate models that project significant changes in the oceans, with consequences on marine biodiversity and human well-being. However, marine and coastal ecosystems respond differently to climate change-related stressors depending on the ecosystem, species composition and interactions, geomorphologic settings, and spatial distribution, but also on the presence of local stressors interacting cumulatively with climate change-related pressures. Our paper provides a comprehensive review of the current literature about the effects of climate-related pressures on marine and coastal ecosystems and how local stressors affect their resilience. Our work focuses on key marine and coastal ecosystems from three ecoregions: the Caribbean Sea (coral reefs, mangrove forests, seagrass beds), the Mediterranean Sea (the coral Cladocora caespitosa, maërl beds and seagrass beds) and the North-East Atlantic, which include kelp forests, maërl beds, salt marshes and seagrass beds. This review ...