Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services
A rigorous synthesis of the sea-ice ecosystem and linked ecosystem services highlights that the sea-ice ecosystem supports all 4 ecosystem service categories, that sea-ice ecosystems meet the criteria for ecologically or biologically significant marine areas, that global emissions driving climate ch...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/24354 2023-05-15T13:45:59+02:00 Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services Steiner, Nadja Bowman, Jeff Campbell, Karley Chierici, Melissa Eronen-Rasimus, Eeva Falardeau, Marianne Flores, Hauke Fransson, Agneta Herr, Helena Insley, Stephen J. Kauko, Hanna Maria Lannuzel, Delphine Loseto, Lisa Lynnes, Amanda Majewski, Andy Meiners, Klaus M. Miller, Lisa Michel, Loic Moreau, Sebastien Nacke, Melissa Nomura, Daiki Tedesco, Letizia van Franeker, Jan Andries Leeuwe, Maria van Wongpan, Pat 2021-10-13 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24354 https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00007 eng eng BioOne University of California Press Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene Steiner, Bowman, Campbell, Chierici, Eronen-Rasimus, Falardeau, Flores, Fransson, Herr, Insley, Kauko, Lannuzel, Loseto, Lynnes, Majewski, Meiners, Miller, Michel, Moreau, Nacke, Nomura, Tedesco, van Franeker, Leeuwe, Wongpan. Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2021;9(1) FRIDAID 1966378 doi:10.1525/elementa.2021.00007 2325-1026 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24354 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) Klimaendringer / Climate change Sjøis / Sea ice Økosystem / Ecosystem Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00007 2022-03-09T23:57:52Z A rigorous synthesis of the sea-ice ecosystem and linked ecosystem services highlights that the sea-ice ecosystem supports all 4 ecosystem service categories, that sea-ice ecosystems meet the criteria for ecologically or biologically significant marine areas, that global emissions driving climate change are directly linked to the demise of sea-ice ecosystems and its ecosystem services, and that the sea-ice ecosystem deserves specific attention in the evaluation of marine protected area planning. The synthesis outlines (1) supporting services, provided in form of habitat, including feeding grounds and nurseries for microbes, meiofauna, fish, birds and mammals (particularly the key species Arctic cod, Boreogadus saida, and Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, which are tightly linked to the sea-ice ecosystem and transfer carbon from sea-ice primary producers to higher trophic level fish, mammal species and humans); (2) provisioning services through harvesting and medicinal and genetic resources; (3) cultural services through Indigenous and local knowledge systems, cultural identity and spirituality, and via cultural activities, tourism and research; (4) (climate) regulating services through light regulation, the production of biogenic aerosols, halogen oxidation and the release or uptake of greenhouse gases, for example, carbon dioxide. The ongoing changes in the polar regions have strong impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services. While the response of sea-ice–associated primary production to environmental change is regionally variable, the effect on ice-associated mammals and birds is predominantly negative, subsequently impacting human harvesting and cultural services in both polar regions. Conservation can help protect some species and functions. However, the key mitigation measure that can slow the transition to a strictly seasonal ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, reduce the overall loss of sea-ice habitats from the ocean, and thus preserve the unique ecosystem services provided by sea ice and their contributions to human well-being is a reduction in carbon emissions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Arctic cod Arctic Arctic Ocean Boreogadus saida Climate change Euphausia superba Sea ice University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Antarctic Arctic Ocean Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9 1 |
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Klimaendringer / Climate change Sjøis / Sea ice Økosystem / Ecosystem Steiner, Nadja Bowman, Jeff Campbell, Karley Chierici, Melissa Eronen-Rasimus, Eeva Falardeau, Marianne Flores, Hauke Fransson, Agneta Herr, Helena Insley, Stephen J. Kauko, Hanna Maria Lannuzel, Delphine Loseto, Lisa Lynnes, Amanda Majewski, Andy Meiners, Klaus M. Miller, Lisa Michel, Loic Moreau, Sebastien Nacke, Melissa Nomura, Daiki Tedesco, Letizia van Franeker, Jan Andries Leeuwe, Maria van Wongpan, Pat Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services |
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A rigorous synthesis of the sea-ice ecosystem and linked ecosystem services highlights that the sea-ice ecosystem supports all 4 ecosystem service categories, that sea-ice ecosystems meet the criteria for ecologically or biologically significant marine areas, that global emissions driving climate change are directly linked to the demise of sea-ice ecosystems and its ecosystem services, and that the sea-ice ecosystem deserves specific attention in the evaluation of marine protected area planning. The synthesis outlines (1) supporting services, provided in form of habitat, including feeding grounds and nurseries for microbes, meiofauna, fish, birds and mammals (particularly the key species Arctic cod, Boreogadus saida, and Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, which are tightly linked to the sea-ice ecosystem and transfer carbon from sea-ice primary producers to higher trophic level fish, mammal species and humans); (2) provisioning services through harvesting and medicinal and genetic resources; (3) cultural services through Indigenous and local knowledge systems, cultural identity and spirituality, and via cultural activities, tourism and research; (4) (climate) regulating services through light regulation, the production of biogenic aerosols, halogen oxidation and the release or uptake of greenhouse gases, for example, carbon dioxide. The ongoing changes in the polar regions have strong impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services. While the response of sea-ice–associated primary production to environmental change is regionally variable, the effect on ice-associated mammals and birds is predominantly negative, subsequently impacting human harvesting and cultural services in both polar regions. Conservation can help protect some species and functions. However, the key mitigation measure that can slow the transition to a strictly seasonal ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, reduce the overall loss of sea-ice habitats from the ocean, and thus preserve the unique ecosystem services provided by sea ice and their contributions to human well-being is a reduction in carbon emissions. |
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Steiner, Nadja Bowman, Jeff Campbell, Karley Chierici, Melissa Eronen-Rasimus, Eeva Falardeau, Marianne Flores, Hauke Fransson, Agneta Herr, Helena Insley, Stephen J. Kauko, Hanna Maria Lannuzel, Delphine Loseto, Lisa Lynnes, Amanda Majewski, Andy Meiners, Klaus M. Miller, Lisa Michel, Loic Moreau, Sebastien Nacke, Melissa Nomura, Daiki Tedesco, Letizia van Franeker, Jan Andries Leeuwe, Maria van Wongpan, Pat |
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Steiner, Nadja Bowman, Jeff Campbell, Karley Chierici, Melissa Eronen-Rasimus, Eeva Falardeau, Marianne Flores, Hauke Fransson, Agneta Herr, Helena Insley, Stephen J. Kauko, Hanna Maria Lannuzel, Delphine Loseto, Lisa Lynnes, Amanda Majewski, Andy Meiners, Klaus M. Miller, Lisa Michel, Loic Moreau, Sebastien Nacke, Melissa Nomura, Daiki Tedesco, Letizia van Franeker, Jan Andries Leeuwe, Maria van Wongpan, Pat |
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Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services |
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Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services |
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Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services |
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Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services |
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Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services |
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climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services |
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Arctic Antarctic Arctic Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Arctic cod Arctic Arctic Ocean Boreogadus saida Climate change Euphausia superba Sea ice |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Arctic cod Arctic Arctic Ocean Boreogadus saida Climate change Euphausia superba Sea ice |
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Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene Steiner, Bowman, Campbell, Chierici, Eronen-Rasimus, Falardeau, Flores, Fransson, Herr, Insley, Kauko, Lannuzel, Loseto, Lynnes, Majewski, Meiners, Miller, Michel, Moreau, Nacke, Nomura, Tedesco, van Franeker, Leeuwe, Wongpan. Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2021;9(1) FRIDAID 1966378 doi:10.1525/elementa.2021.00007 2325-1026 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24354 |
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