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Using natural analogues to investigate the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on Northern ecosystems

Authors :
Kumiko Azetsu-Scott
Peter Thor
Samuel S P Rastrick
Agneta Fransson
Piero Calosi
Helen Graham
Marco Milazzo
Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Haakon Hop
Tina Kutti
Melissa Chierici
Rastrick, Samuel S P
Graham, Helen
Azetsu-Scott, Kumiko
Calosi, Piero
Chierici, Melissa
Fransson, Agneta
Hop, Haakon
Hall-Spencer, Jason
Milazzo, Marco
Thor, Peter
Kutti, Tina
Source :
ICES Journal of Marine Science. 75:2299-2311
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018.

Abstract

Northern oceans are in a state of rapid transition. Still, our knowledge of the likely effects of climate change and ocean acidification on key species in the food web, functionally important habitats and the structure of Arctic and sub-Arctic ecosystems is limited and based mainly on short-term laboratory studies on single species. This review discusses how tropical and temperate natural analogues of carbonate chemistry drivers, such as CO2 vents, have been used to further our knowledge of the sensitivity of biological systems to predicted climate change, and thus assess the capacity of different species to show long-term acclimation and adaptation to elevated levels of pCO2. Natural analogues have also provided the means to scale-up from single-species responses to community and ecosystem level responses. However, to date the application of such approaches is limited in high latitude systems. A range of Arctic and sub-Arctic sites, including CO2 vents, methane cold seeps, estuaries, up-welling areas, and polar fronts, that encompass gradients of pH, carbonate saturation state, and alkalinity, are suggested for future high latitude, in-situ ocean acidification research. It is recommended that combinations of monitoring of the chemical oceanography, observational, and experimental (in situ and laboratory) studies of organisms around these natural analogues be used to attain better predictions of the impacts of ocean acidification and climate change on high latitude species and ecosystems.

Details

ISSN :
10959289 and 10543139
Volume :
75
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
ICES Journal of Marine Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....16e2e42d628e2b3c6f10acf140002a64