Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory
Ocean acidification, chemical changes to the carbonate system of seawater, is emerging as a key environmental challenge accompanying global warming and other humaninduced perturbations. Considerable research seeks to define the scope and character of potential outcomes from this phenomenon, but a cr...
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ftunivpalermo:oai:iris.unipa.it:10447/151777 2024-02-11T10:07:23+01:00 Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory Gaylord, B. Kroeker, K. Sunday, J. Anderson, K. Barry, J. Brown, N. Connell, S. Dupont, S. Fabricius, K. Hall Spencer, J. Klinger, T. MILAZZO, Marco Munday, P. Russell, B. Sanford, E. Schreiber, S. Thiyagarajan, V. Vaughan, M. Widdicombe, S. Harley, C. Gaylord, B. Kroeker, K. Sunday, J. Anderson, K. Barry, J. Brown, N. Connell, S. Dupont, S. Fabricius, K. Hall-Spencer, J. Klinger, T. Milazzo, M. Munday, P. Russell, B. Sanford, E. Schreiber, S. Thiyagarajan, V. Vaughan, M. Widdicombe, S. Harley, C. 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/10447/151777 https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0802.1 eng eng Ecological Society of America info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000349198900002 volume:96 issue:1 firstpage:3 lastpage:15 numberofpages:13 journal:ECOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/10447/151777 doi:10.1890/14-0802.1 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84928896040 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Anthropogenic climate change Ecological model Ecological theorie Elevated carbon dioxide Environmental threat Global environmental change Marine stressor Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematic Medicine (all) info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftunivpalermo https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0802.1 2024-01-16T23:26:26Z Ocean acidification, chemical changes to the carbonate system of seawater, is emerging as a key environmental challenge accompanying global warming and other humaninduced perturbations. Considerable research seeks to define the scope and character of potential outcomes from this phenomenon, but a crucial impediment persists. Ecological theory, despite its power and utility, has been only peripherally applied to the problem. Here we sketch in broad strokes several areas where fundamental principles of ecology have the capacity to generate insight into ocean acidification's consequences. We focus on conceptual models that, when considered in the context of acidification, yield explicit predictions regarding a spectrum of population- and community-level effects, from narrowing of species ranges and shifts in patterns of demographic connectivity, to modified consumer-resource relationships, to ascendance of weedy taxa and loss of species diversity. Although our coverage represents only a small fraction of the breadth of possible insights achievable from the application of theory, our hope is that this initial foray will spur expanded efforts to blend experiments with theoretical approaches. The result promises to be a deeper and more nuanced understanding of ocean acidification and the ecological changes it portends. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification IRIS Università degli Studi di Palermo Ecology 96 1 3 15 |
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Ocean acidification, chemical changes to the carbonate system of seawater, is emerging as a key environmental challenge accompanying global warming and other humaninduced perturbations. Considerable research seeks to define the scope and character of potential outcomes from this phenomenon, but a crucial impediment persists. Ecological theory, despite its power and utility, has been only peripherally applied to the problem. Here we sketch in broad strokes several areas where fundamental principles of ecology have the capacity to generate insight into ocean acidification's consequences. We focus on conceptual models that, when considered in the context of acidification, yield explicit predictions regarding a spectrum of population- and community-level effects, from narrowing of species ranges and shifts in patterns of demographic connectivity, to modified consumer-resource relationships, to ascendance of weedy taxa and loss of species diversity. Although our coverage represents only a small fraction of the breadth of possible insights achievable from the application of theory, our hope is that this initial foray will spur expanded efforts to blend experiments with theoretical approaches. The result promises to be a deeper and more nuanced understanding of ocean acidification and the ecological changes it portends. |
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Gaylord, B. Kroeker, K. Sunday, J. Anderson, K. Barry, J. Brown, N. Connell, S. Dupont, S. Fabricius, K. Hall-Spencer, J. Klinger, T. Milazzo, M. Munday, P. Russell, B. Sanford, E. Schreiber, S. Thiyagarajan, V. Vaughan, M. Widdicombe, S. Harley, C. |
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Gaylord, B. Kroeker, K. Sunday, J. Anderson, K. Barry, J. Brown, N. Connell, S. Dupont, S. Fabricius, K. Hall Spencer, J. Klinger, T. MILAZZO, Marco Munday, P. Russell, B. Sanford, E. Schreiber, S. Thiyagarajan, V. Vaughan, M. Widdicombe, S. Harley, C. |
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Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory |
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Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory |
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Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory |
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