Climate change and coral reef connectivity
This review assesses and predicts the impacts that rapid climate change will have on population connectivity in coral reef ecosystems, using fishes as a model group. Increased ocean temperatures are expected to accelerate larval development, potentially leading to reduced pelagic durations and earli...
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ftunistlouisbrus:oai:dial.uclouvain.be:boreal:58962 2024-05-12T08:09:23+00:00 Climate change and coral reef connectivity Munday, P. L. Leis, J. M. Lough, J. M. Paris, C. B. Kingsford, M. J. Berumen, M. L. Lambrechts, Jonathan Workshop on Connectivity and Resilience Sustaining Coral Reefs during the coming Century UCL - FSA/MECA - Département de mécanique http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/58962 eng eng boreal:58962 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/58962 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Climate Change Population Connectivity Global Warming Larval Dispersal Habitat Fragmentation Marine-protected Areas info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject ftunistlouisbrus 2024-04-18T18:12:25Z This review assesses and predicts the impacts that rapid climate change will have on population connectivity in coral reef ecosystems, using fishes as a model group. Increased ocean temperatures are expected to accelerate larval development, potentially leading to reduced pelagic durations and earlier reef-seeking behaviour. Depending on the spatial arrangement of reefs, the expectation would be a reduction in dispersal distances and the spatial scale of connectivity. Small increase in temperature might enhance the number of larvae surviving the pelagic phase, but larger increases are likely to reduce reproductive output and increase larval mortality. Changes to ocean currents could alter the dynamics of larval supply and changes to planktonic productivity could affect how many larvae survive the pelagic stage and their condition at settlement; however, these patterns are likely to vary greatly from place-to-place and projections of how oceanographic features will change in the future lack sufficient certainty and resolution to make robust predictions. Connectivity could also be compromised by the increased fragmentation of reef habitat due to the effects of coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Changes to the spatial and temporal scales of connectivity have implications for the management of coral reef ecosystems, especially the design and placement of marine-protected areas. The size and spacing of protected areas may need to be strategically adjusted if reserve networks are to retain their efficacy in the future. Conference Object Ocean acidification DIAL@USL-B (Université Saint-Louis, Bruxelles) |
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Climate Change Population Connectivity Global Warming Larval Dispersal Habitat Fragmentation Marine-protected Areas Munday, P. L. Leis, J. M. Lough, J. M. Paris, C. B. Kingsford, M. J. Berumen, M. L. Lambrechts, Jonathan Workshop on Connectivity and Resilience Sustaining Coral Reefs during the coming Century Climate change and coral reef connectivity |
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This review assesses and predicts the impacts that rapid climate change will have on population connectivity in coral reef ecosystems, using fishes as a model group. Increased ocean temperatures are expected to accelerate larval development, potentially leading to reduced pelagic durations and earlier reef-seeking behaviour. Depending on the spatial arrangement of reefs, the expectation would be a reduction in dispersal distances and the spatial scale of connectivity. Small increase in temperature might enhance the number of larvae surviving the pelagic phase, but larger increases are likely to reduce reproductive output and increase larval mortality. Changes to ocean currents could alter the dynamics of larval supply and changes to planktonic productivity could affect how many larvae survive the pelagic stage and their condition at settlement; however, these patterns are likely to vary greatly from place-to-place and projections of how oceanographic features will change in the future lack sufficient certainty and resolution to make robust predictions. Connectivity could also be compromised by the increased fragmentation of reef habitat due to the effects of coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Changes to the spatial and temporal scales of connectivity have implications for the management of coral reef ecosystems, especially the design and placement of marine-protected areas. The size and spacing of protected areas may need to be strategically adjusted if reserve networks are to retain their efficacy in the future. |
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Munday, P. L. Leis, J. M. Lough, J. M. Paris, C. B. Kingsford, M. J. Berumen, M. L. Lambrechts, Jonathan Workshop on Connectivity and Resilience Sustaining Coral Reefs during the coming Century |
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Munday, P. L. Leis, J. M. Lough, J. M. Paris, C. B. Kingsford, M. J. Berumen, M. L. Lambrechts, Jonathan Workshop on Connectivity and Resilience Sustaining Coral Reefs during the coming Century |
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