Marine biodiversity-ecosystem functions under uncertain environmental futures
Anthropogenic activity is currently leading to dramatic transformations of ecosystems and losses of biodiversity. The recognition that these ecosystems provide services that are essential for human well-being has led to a major interest in the forms of the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relation...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/115d0c88-9d5f-470b-9397-57484dc8e046 2023-05-15T17:51:23+02:00 Marine biodiversity-ecosystem functions under uncertain environmental futures Bulling, Mark T. Hicks, Natalie Murray, Leigh Paterson, David Maxwell Raffaelli, Dave White, Piran C. L. Solan, Martin 2010-07-12 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/marine-biodiversityecosystem-functions-under-uncertain-environmental-futures(115d0c88-9d5f-470b-9397-57484dc8e046).html https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0022 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77954698836&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2880130 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Bulling , M T , Hicks , N , Murray , L , Paterson , D M , Raffaelli , D , White , P C L & Solan , M 2010 , ' Marine biodiversity-ecosystem functions under uncertain environmental futures ' , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B, Biological Sciences , vol. 365 , no. 1549 , pp. 2107-2116 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0022 benthic climate change bioturbation ocean acidification uncertainty SEDIMENT NUTRIENT FLUX CLIMATE-CHANGE BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES SPECIES RICHNESS NEREIS-VIRENS IN-SITU DIVERSITY RESPONSES article 2010 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0022 2022-07-21T06:59:52Z Anthropogenic activity is currently leading to dramatic transformations of ecosystems and losses of biodiversity. The recognition that these ecosystems provide services that are essential for human well-being has led to a major interest in the forms of the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship. However, there is a lack of studies examining the impact of climate change on these relationships and it remains unclear how multiple climatic drivers may affect levels of ecosystem functioning. Here, we examine the roles of two important climate change variables, temperature and concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, on the relationship between invertebrate species richness and nutrient release in a model benthic estuarine system. We found a positive relationship between invertebrate species richness and the levels of release of NH4-N into the water column, but no effect of species richness on the release of PO4-P. Higher temperatures and greater concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide had a negative impact on nutrient release. Importantly, we found significant interactions between the climate variables, indicating that reliably predicting the effects of future climate change will not be straightforward as multiple drivers are unlikely to have purely additive effects, resulting in increased levels of uncertainty. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification University of St Andrews: Research Portal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 365 1549 2107 2116 |
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Anthropogenic activity is currently leading to dramatic transformations of ecosystems and losses of biodiversity. The recognition that these ecosystems provide services that are essential for human well-being has led to a major interest in the forms of the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship. However, there is a lack of studies examining the impact of climate change on these relationships and it remains unclear how multiple climatic drivers may affect levels of ecosystem functioning. Here, we examine the roles of two important climate change variables, temperature and concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, on the relationship between invertebrate species richness and nutrient release in a model benthic estuarine system. We found a positive relationship between invertebrate species richness and the levels of release of NH4-N into the water column, but no effect of species richness on the release of PO4-P. Higher temperatures and greater concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide had a negative impact on nutrient release. Importantly, we found significant interactions between the climate variables, indicating that reliably predicting the effects of future climate change will not be straightforward as multiple drivers are unlikely to have purely additive effects, resulting in increased levels of uncertainty. |
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Marine biodiversity-ecosystem functions under uncertain environmental futures |
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Marine biodiversity-ecosystem functions under uncertain environmental futures |
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Marine biodiversity-ecosystem functions under uncertain environmental futures |
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Bulling , M T , Hicks , N , Murray , L , Paterson , D M , Raffaelli , D , White , P C L & Solan , M 2010 , ' Marine biodiversity-ecosystem functions under uncertain environmental futures ' , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B, Biological Sciences , vol. 365 , no. 1549 , pp. 2107-2116 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0022 |
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