Climate change and tropical marine ecosystems: A review with an emphasis on coral reefs
Abstract Climate change is usually associated with warming and weather extremes that impact the human environment and terrestrial systems, but it also has profound effects on the ocean, which is probably the most unique, life-supporting feature of planet Earth. The most direct consequence of rising...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.p1nvek 2023-05-15T17:50:33+02:00 Climate change and tropical marine ecosystems: A review with an emphasis on coral reefs Kleypas, Joan A. 2019-03-01 http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1659-42662019000100024 en eng Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica 10670/1.p1nvek http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1659-42662019000100024 Cuadernos de Investigación UNED Cuadernos de Investigación UNED v.11 n.1 2019 envir geo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2019 fttriple 2023-01-22T16:35:07Z Abstract Climate change is usually associated with warming and weather extremes that impact the human environment and terrestrial systems, but it also has profound effects on the ocean, which is probably the most unique, life-supporting feature of planet Earth. The most direct consequence of rising CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is “ocean acidification,” a term that refers to the lowering of seawater pH, but encompasses a suite of chemical changes that affect marine organisms from shell formation, to reproduction, physiology, and behavior. The oceans are also warming in pace with the atmosphere, and in fact store the vast majority of the additional heat generated by rising CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This warming is causing the more mobile marine species to redistribute poleward and deeper, and is causing high mortality in more sessile species such as those that build and habituate coral reefs. But warming is also leading to a decrease in dissolved oxygen in the oceans. For tropical marine ecosystems, the combination of ocean acidification, warming, and deoxygenation will continue to impact marine ecosystems in the future. The extent of these impacts depends on which energy pathway society follows, and our abilities to reduce other stressors and assist the rate at which species can adapt and migrate to more suitable environments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Unknown |
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Abstract Climate change is usually associated with warming and weather extremes that impact the human environment and terrestrial systems, but it also has profound effects on the ocean, which is probably the most unique, life-supporting feature of planet Earth. The most direct consequence of rising CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is “ocean acidification,” a term that refers to the lowering of seawater pH, but encompasses a suite of chemical changes that affect marine organisms from shell formation, to reproduction, physiology, and behavior. The oceans are also warming in pace with the atmosphere, and in fact store the vast majority of the additional heat generated by rising CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This warming is causing the more mobile marine species to redistribute poleward and deeper, and is causing high mortality in more sessile species such as those that build and habituate coral reefs. But warming is also leading to a decrease in dissolved oxygen in the oceans. For tropical marine ecosystems, the combination of ocean acidification, warming, and deoxygenation will continue to impact marine ecosystems in the future. The extent of these impacts depends on which energy pathway society follows, and our abilities to reduce other stressors and assist the rate at which species can adapt and migrate to more suitable environments. |
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Climate change and tropical marine ecosystems: A review with an emphasis on coral reefs |
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Climate change and tropical marine ecosystems: A review with an emphasis on coral reefs |
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Climate change and tropical marine ecosystems: A review with an emphasis on coral reefs |
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Climate change and tropical marine ecosystems: A review with an emphasis on coral reefs |
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Climate change and tropical marine ecosystems: A review with an emphasis on coral reefs |
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climate change and tropical marine ecosystems: a review with an emphasis on coral reefs |
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Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica |
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