Ocean acidification drives global reshuffling of ecological communities
First published: 29 September 2022 The paradigm that climate change will alter global marine biodiversity is one of the most widely accepted. Yet, its predictions remain difficult to test because laboratory systems are inadequate at incorporating ecological complexity, and common biodiversity metric...
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ftunivadelaidedl:oai:digital.library.adelaide.edu.au:2440/136719 2023-12-17T10:47:52+01:00 Ocean acidification drives global reshuffling of ecological communities Nagelkerken, I. Connell, S.D. 2022 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/2440/136719 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16410 en eng Wiley http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT120100183 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP200201000 Global Change Biology, 2022; 28(23):7038-7048 1354-1013 1365-2486 https://hdl.handle.net/2440/136719 doi:10.1111/gcb.16410 Nagelkerken, I. [0000-0003-4499-3940] Connell, S.D. [0000-0002-5350-6852] © 2022 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16410 biodiversity climate change community structure coral reefs habitat shifts mesocosms rocky reefs seagrasses species replacements volcanic CO2 vents Journal article 2022 ftunivadelaidedl https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16410 2023-11-20T23:31:54Z First published: 29 September 2022 The paradigm that climate change will alter global marine biodiversity is one of the most widely accepted. Yet, its predictions remain difficult to test because laboratory systems are inadequate at incorporating ecological complexity, and common biodiversity metrics have varying sensitivity to detect change. Here, we test for the prevalence of global responses in biodiversity and community-level change to future climate (acidification and warming) from studies at volcanic CO2 vents across four major global coastal ecosystems and studies in laboratory mesocosms. We detected globally replicable patterns of species replacements and community reshuffling under ocean acidification in major natural ecosystems, yet species diversity and other common biodiversity metrics were often insensitive to detect such community change, even under significant habitat loss. Where there was a lack of consistent patterns of biodiversity change, these were a function of similar numbers of studies observing negative versus positive species responses to climate stress. Laboratory studies showed weaker sensitivity to detect species replacements and community reshuffling in general. We conclude that common biodiversity metrics can be insensitive in revealing the anticipated effects of climate stress on biodiversity—even under significant biogenic habitat loss—and can mask widespread reshuffling of ecological communities in a future ocean. Although the influence of ocean acidification on community restructuring can be less evident than species loss, such changes can drive the dynamics of ecosystem stability or their functional change. Importantly, species identity matters, representing a substantial influence of future oceans. Ivan Nagelkerken, Sean D. Connell Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification The University of Adelaide: Digital Library Global Change Biology 28 23 7038 7048 |
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First published: 29 September 2022 The paradigm that climate change will alter global marine biodiversity is one of the most widely accepted. Yet, its predictions remain difficult to test because laboratory systems are inadequate at incorporating ecological complexity, and common biodiversity metrics have varying sensitivity to detect change. Here, we test for the prevalence of global responses in biodiversity and community-level change to future climate (acidification and warming) from studies at volcanic CO2 vents across four major global coastal ecosystems and studies in laboratory mesocosms. We detected globally replicable patterns of species replacements and community reshuffling under ocean acidification in major natural ecosystems, yet species diversity and other common biodiversity metrics were often insensitive to detect such community change, even under significant habitat loss. Where there was a lack of consistent patterns of biodiversity change, these were a function of similar numbers of studies observing negative versus positive species responses to climate stress. Laboratory studies showed weaker sensitivity to detect species replacements and community reshuffling in general. We conclude that common biodiversity metrics can be insensitive in revealing the anticipated effects of climate stress on biodiversity—even under significant biogenic habitat loss—and can mask widespread reshuffling of ecological communities in a future ocean. Although the influence of ocean acidification on community restructuring can be less evident than species loss, such changes can drive the dynamics of ecosystem stability or their functional change. Importantly, species identity matters, representing a substantial influence of future oceans. Ivan Nagelkerken, Sean D. Connell |
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Ocean acidification drives global reshuffling of ecological communities |
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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT120100183 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP200201000 Global Change Biology, 2022; 28(23):7038-7048 1354-1013 1365-2486 https://hdl.handle.net/2440/136719 doi:10.1111/gcb.16410 Nagelkerken, I. [0000-0003-4499-3940] Connell, S.D. [0000-0002-5350-6852] |
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