The vulnerability of shellfish aquaculture to climate change and ocean acidification– a global assessment ...

• Main Authors: Stewart-Sinclair, Phoebe, Wilding, Tom, Last, Kim, Payne, Ben
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2020
• Subjects: Human-induced climate change and ocean acidification; marine environment; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t4b8gthz3; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.t4b8gthz3

Human-induced climate change and ocean acidification (CC-OA) is changing the physical and biological processes occurring within the marine environment, with poorly understood implications for marine life. Within the aquaculture sector, molluscan culture is a relatively benign method of producing a high-quality, healthy and sustainable protein source for the expanding human population. We modelled the Vulnerability of global bivalve mariculture to impacts of CC-OA over the period 2020 to 2100, under RCP8.5. Vulnerability, assessed at the national level, was dependent on CC-OA-related Exposure, taxon-specific Sensitivity and Adaptive capacity in the sector. Exposure risk increased over time from 2020 to 2100, with ten nations predicted to experience Very-high Exposure to CC-OA in at least one decade during the period 2020 - 2100. Predicted high Sensitivity in developing countries resulted, primarily, from the cultivation of species that have a narrow habitat tolerance, whilst in some European nations (France, ... : The source of these data are described in the 'Data_availability' document, while processing details are contained within the 'README' and 'R_Script' files. ...