Too hot to handle: Unprecedented seagrass death driven by marine heatwave in a World Heritage Area

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Strydom, Simone, Murray, Kathy, Wilson, Shaun, Huntley, Bart, Rule, Michael, Heithaus, Michael, Bessey, Cindy, Kendrick, Gary A., Burkholder, Derek, Fraser, Matthew W., Zdunic, Katherine
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia 2020
• Subjects: habitat map; marine heatwave; seagrass; seascape; seawater temperature; Shark Bay; World Heritage Area; Environmental Sciences; Austral; Faure; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/8512; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15065

The increased occurrence of extreme climate events, such as marine heatwaves (MHWs), has resulted in substantial ecological impacts worldwide. To date, metrics of thermal stress within marine systems have focussed on coral communities, and less is known about measuring stress relevant to other prima...