Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities
Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 international experts. Ten key messages emerged that have stakeholder-relevance and/or a high impact for the scientific community. They...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:527827 2023-05-15T13:41:45+02:00 Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities Gutt, Julian Isla, Enrique Xavier, Jose C. Adams, Byron Ahn, In-Young Cheng, C.-H. Christina Colesi, Claudia Cummings, Vonda di Prisco, Guido Griffiths, Huw Hawes, Ian Hogg, Ian McIntyre, Trevor Meiners, Klaus Pearce, David Peck, Lloyd S. Piepenburg, Dieter Reisinger, Ryan Saba, Grace Schloss, Irene R. Signori, Camila N. Smith, Craig R. Vacchi, Marino Verde, Cinzia Wall, Diana 2021-06 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527827/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527827/1/brv.12679.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12679 en eng Wiley https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527827/1/brv.12679.pdf Gutt, Julian; Isla, Enrique; Xavier, Jose C. orcid:0000-0002-9621-6660 Adams, Byron; Ahn, In-Young; Cheng, C.-H. Christina; Colesi, Claudia; Cummings, Vonda; di Prisco, Guido; Griffiths, Huw orcid:0000-0003-1764-223X Hawes, Ian; Hogg, Ian; McIntyre, Trevor; Meiners, Klaus; Pearce, David; Peck, Lloyd S. orcid:0000-0003-3479-6791 Piepenburg, Dieter; Reisinger, Ryan; Saba, Grace; Schloss, Irene R.; Signori, Camila N.; Smith, Craig R.; Vacchi, Marino; Verde, Cinzia; Wall, Diana. 2021 Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities. Biological Reviews, 96 (3). 798-821. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12679 <https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12679> cc_by_nc_4 CC-BY-NC Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2021 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12679 2023-02-04T19:50:43Z Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 international experts. Ten key messages emerged that have stakeholder-relevance and/or a high impact for the scientific community. They address (i) altered biogeochemical cycles, (ii) ocean acidification, (iii) climate change hotspots, (iv) unexpected dynamism in seabed-dwelling populations, (v) spatial range shifts, (vi) adaptation and thermal resilience, (vii) sea ice related biological fluctuations, (viii) pollution, (ix) endangered terrestrial endemism and (x) the discovery of unknown habitats. Most Antarctic biotas are exposed to multiple stresses and considered vulnerable to environmental change due to narrow tolerance ranges, rapid change, projected circumpolar impacts, low potential for timely genetic adaptation, and migration barriers. Important ecosystem functions, such as primary production and energy transfer between trophic levels, have already changed, and biodiversity patterns have shifted. A confidence assessment of the degree of 'scientific understanding' revealed an intermediate level for most of the more detailed sub-messages, indicating that process-oriented research has been successful in the past decade. Additional efforts are necessary, however, to achieve the level of robustness in scientific knowledge that is required to inform protection measures of the unique Antarctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and their contributions to global biodiversity and ecosystem services. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Ocean acidification Sea ice Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic Biological Reviews 96 3 798 821 |
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Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 international experts. Ten key messages emerged that have stakeholder-relevance and/or a high impact for the scientific community. They address (i) altered biogeochemical cycles, (ii) ocean acidification, (iii) climate change hotspots, (iv) unexpected dynamism in seabed-dwelling populations, (v) spatial range shifts, (vi) adaptation and thermal resilience, (vii) sea ice related biological fluctuations, (viii) pollution, (ix) endangered terrestrial endemism and (x) the discovery of unknown habitats. Most Antarctic biotas are exposed to multiple stresses and considered vulnerable to environmental change due to narrow tolerance ranges, rapid change, projected circumpolar impacts, low potential for timely genetic adaptation, and migration barriers. Important ecosystem functions, such as primary production and energy transfer between trophic levels, have already changed, and biodiversity patterns have shifted. A confidence assessment of the degree of 'scientific understanding' revealed an intermediate level for most of the more detailed sub-messages, indicating that process-oriented research has been successful in the past decade. Additional efforts are necessary, however, to achieve the level of robustness in scientific knowledge that is required to inform protection measures of the unique Antarctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and their contributions to global biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
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Gutt, Julian Isla, Enrique Xavier, Jose C. Adams, Byron Ahn, In-Young Cheng, C.-H. Christina Colesi, Claudia Cummings, Vonda di Prisco, Guido Griffiths, Huw Hawes, Ian Hogg, Ian McIntyre, Trevor Meiners, Klaus Pearce, David Peck, Lloyd S. Piepenburg, Dieter Reisinger, Ryan Saba, Grace Schloss, Irene R. Signori, Camila N. Smith, Craig R. Vacchi, Marino Verde, Cinzia Wall, Diana |
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Gutt, Julian Isla, Enrique Xavier, Jose C. Adams, Byron Ahn, In-Young Cheng, C.-H. Christina Colesi, Claudia Cummings, Vonda di Prisco, Guido Griffiths, Huw Hawes, Ian Hogg, Ian McIntyre, Trevor Meiners, Klaus Pearce, David Peck, Lloyd S. Piepenburg, Dieter Reisinger, Ryan Saba, Grace Schloss, Irene R. Signori, Camila N. Smith, Craig R. Vacchi, Marino Verde, Cinzia Wall, Diana Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities |
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