Climate change and ocean acidification effects on seagrasses and marine macroalgae

M Koch, G Bowes, C Ross, XH Zhang - Global change biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although seagrasses and marine macroalgae (macro‐autotrophs) play critical ecological
roles in reef, lagoon, coastal and open‐water ecosystems, their response to ocean …

Effects of climate change on global seaweed communities

CDG Harley, KM Anderson, KW Demes… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Seaweeds are ecologically important primary producers, competitors, and ecosystem
engineers that play a central role in coastal habitats ranging from kelp forests to coral reefs …

The ocean

O Hoegh-Guldberg, R Cai, ES Poloczanska… - 2014 - munin.uit.no
The Ocean plays a central role in Earth's climate and has absorbed 93% of the extra energy
from the enhanced greenhouse effect and approximately 30% of anthropogenic carbon …

Extreme marine heatwaves alter kelp forest community near its equatorward distribution limit

N Arafeh-Dalmau, G Montaño-Moctezuma… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of marine heatwaves. A recent
extreme warming event (2014–2016) of unprecedented magnitude and duration in the …

Ocean systems

HO Pörtner, DM Karl, PW Boyd, W Cheung… - Climate change 2014 …, 2014 - epic.awi.de
Ocean ecosystems have responded and will continue to respond to climate changes of
different rates, magnitudes, and durations (virtually certain). Human societies depend on …

Impacts of ocean acidification on marine shelled molluscs

F Gazeau, LM Parker, S Comeau, JP Gattuso… - Marine biology, 2013 - Springer
Over the next century, elevated quantities of atmospheric CO 2 are expected to penetrate
into the oceans, causing a reduction in pH (− 0.3/− 0.4 pH unit in the surface ocean) and in …

Meta‐analysis reveals negative yet variable effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms

KJ Kroeker, RL Kordas, RN Crim, GG Singh - Ecology letters, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1419–1434 Abstract Ocean acidification is a pervasive stressor
that could affect many marine organisms and cause profound ecological shifts. A variety of …

Climate change effects on a miniature ocean: the highly diverse, highly impacted Mediterranean Sea

C Lejeusne, P Chevaldonné, C Pergent-Martini… - Trends in ecology & …, 2010 - cell.com
Little doubt is left that climate change is underway, strongly affecting the Earth's biodiversity.
Some of the greatest challenges ahead concern the marine realm, but it is unclear to what …

Biodiversity, climate change, and adaptation in the Mediterranean

D Aurelle, S Thomas, C Albert, M Bally, A Bondeau… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

Coralline algae (Rhodophyta) in a changing world: integrating ecological, physiological, and geochemical responses to global change

SJ McCoy, NA Kamenos - Journal of phycology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Coralline algae are globally distributed benthic primary producers that secrete calcium
carbonate skeletons. In the context of ocean acidification, they have received much recent …