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- Title
What Changes in the Carbonate System, Oxygen, and Temperature Portend for the Northeastern Pacific Ocean: A Physiological Perspective.
- Authors
SOMERO, GEORGE N.; BEERS, JODY M.; CHAN, FRANCIS; HILL, TESSA M.; KLINGER, TERRIE; LITVIN, STEVEN Y.
- Abstract
The northeastern Pacific Ocean is undergoing changes in temperature, carbonate chemistry, and dissolved oxygen concentration in concert with global change. Each of these stressors has wide-ranging effects on physiological systems, which may differ among species and life-history stages. Simultaneous exposure to multiple stressors may lead to even stronger impacts on organisms, but interacting effects remain poorly understood. Here, we examine how single- and multiple-stressor effects on physiology may drive changes in the behavior, biogeography, and ecosystem structure in coastal marine ecosystems, with emphasis on the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. By analyzing the effects of stressors on physiological processes common to many marine taxa, we may be able to develop broadly applicable understandings of the effects of global change. This mechanistic foundation may contribute to the development of models and other decision-support tools to assist resource managers and policymakers in anticipating and addressing global change-driven alterations in marine populations and ecosystems.
- Subjects
PACIFIC Ocean; MARINE ecology; DISSOLVED oxygen in seawater; OCEAN temperature; CARBONATES; OCEAN acidification; ABIOTIC stress; METABOLISM
- Publication
BioScience, 2016, Vol 66, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/biosci/biv162