DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13623
论文题名: Multiple stressors threaten the imperiled coastal foundation species eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Chesapeake Bay, USA
作者: Lefcheck J.S. ; Wilcox D.J. ; Murphy R.R. ; Marion S.R. ; Orth R.J.
刊名: Global Change Biology
出版年: 2017
卷: 23, 期: 9 起始页码: 3474
结束页码: 3483
语种: 英语
英文关键词: climate change
; eutrophication
; global warming
; nutrients
; remote sensing
; seagrass
Scopus关键词: Poaceae
; Zostera marina
英文摘要: Interactions among global change stressors and their effects at large scales are often proposed, but seldom evaluated. This situation is primarily due to lack of comprehensive, sufficiently long-term, and spatially extensive datasets. Seagrasses, which provide nursery habitat, improve water quality, and constitute a globally important carbon sink, are among the most vulnerable habitats on the planet. Here, we unite 31 years of high-resolution aerial monitoring and water quality data to elucidate the patterns and drivers of eelgrass (Zostera marina) abundance in Chesapeake Bay, USA, one of the largest and most valuable estuaries in the world, with an unparalleled history of regulatory efforts. We show that eelgrass area has declined 29% in total since 1991, with wide-ranging and severe ecological and economic consequences. We go on to identify an interaction between decreasing water clarity and warming temperatures as the primary drivers of this trend. Declining clarity has gradually reduced eelgrass cover the past two decades, primarily in deeper beds where light is already limiting. In shallow beds, however, reduced visibility exacerbates the physiological stress of acute warming, leading to recent instances of decline approaching 80%. While degraded water quality has long been known to influence underwater grasses worldwide, we demonstrate a clear and rapidly emerging interaction with climate change. We highlight the urgent need to integrate a broader perspective into local water quality management, in the Chesapeake Bay and in the many other coastal systems facing similar stressors. © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd 资助项目: Lefcheck, J.S.
; Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & MaryUnited States
; 电子邮件: jslefche@vims.edu
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/60812
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作者单位: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, United States; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, MD, United States; Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Marine Resources Program, Newport, OR, United States
Recommended Citation:
Lefcheck J.S.,Wilcox D.J.,Murphy R.R.,et al. Multiple stressors threaten the imperiled coastal foundation species eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Chesapeake Bay, USA[J]. Global Change Biology,2017-01-01,23(9)