Climate change and marine plankton

被引:931
作者
Hays, GC [1 ]
Richardson, AJ
Robinson, C
机构
[1] Univ Wales Swansea, Sch Biol Sci, Inst Environm Sustainabil, Swansea SA2 8PP, W Glam, Wales
[2] Sir Alister Hardy Fdn Ocean Sci, Lab, Plymouth PL1 2PB, Devon, England
[3] Univ Queensland, Dept Appl Math, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
[4] CSIRO Marine Res, Cleveland, Qld 4163, Australia
[5] Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth PL1 3DH, Devon, England
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D O I
10.1016/j.tree.2005.03.004
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Understanding how climate change will affect the planet is a key issue worldwide. Questions concerning the pace and impacts of climate change are thus central to many ecological and biogeochemical studies, and addressing the consequences of climate change is now high on the list of priorities for funding agencies. Here, we review the interactions between climate change and plankton communities, focusing on systematic changes in plankton community structure, abundance, distribution and phenology over recent decades. We examine the potential socioeconomic impacts of these plankton changes, such as the effects of bottom-up forcing on commercially exploited fish stocks (i.e. plankton as food for fish). We also consider the crucial roles that plankton might have in dictating the future pace of climate change via feedback mechanisms responding to elevated atmospheric CO2 levels. An important message emerges from this review: ongoing plankton monitoring programmes worldwide will act as sentinels to identify future changes in marine ecosystems.
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页码:337 / 344
页数:8
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