DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12505
论文题名: Climate-change impacts on sandy-beach biota: Crossing a line in the sand
作者: Schoeman D.S. ; Schlacher T.A. ; Defeo O.
刊名: Global Change Biology
ISSN: 13541013
出版年: 2014
卷: 20, 期: 8 起始页码: 2383
结束页码: 2392
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Beach fauna
; Climate change
; Climate change detection
; Coastal ecology
; Marine ecology
; Mass mortality
; Range shift
Scopus关键词: beach
; biota
; climate change
; climate effect
; coastal zone
; detection method
; ecological impact
; ecosystem response
; ecosystem service
; fauna
; mortality
; South America
; animal
; biota
; climate change
; ecosystem
; invertebrate
; nesting
; South America
; swimming
; turtle
; Animals
; Bathing Beaches
; Biota
; Climate Change
; Ecosystem
; Invertebrates
; Nesting Behavior
; South America
; Turtles
英文摘要: Sandy ocean beaches are iconic assets that provide irreplaceable ecosystem services to society. Despite their great socioeconomic importance, beaches as ecosystems are severely under-represented in the literature on climate-change ecology. Here, we redress this imbalance by examining whether beach biota have been observed to respond to recent climate change in ways that are consistent with expectations under climate change. We base our assessments on evidence coming from case studies on beach invertebrates in South America and on sea turtles globally. Surprisingly, we find that observational evidence for climate-change responses in beach biota is more convincing for invertebrates than for highly charismatic turtles. This asymmetry is paradoxical given the better theoretical understanding of the mechanisms by which turtles are likely to respond to changes in climate. Regardless of this disparity, knowledge of the unique attributes of beach systems can complement our detection of climate-change impacts on sandy-shore invertebrates to add rigor to studies of climate-change ecology for sandy beaches. To this end, we combine theory from beach ecology and climate-change ecology to put forward a suite of predictive hypotheses regarding climate impacts on beaches and to suggest ways that these can be tested. Addressing these hypotheses could significantly advance both beach and climate-change ecology, thereby progressing understanding of how future climate change will impact coastal ecosystems more generally. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/62188
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作者单位: School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia; Faculty of Sciences, UNDECIMAR, Montevideo, 11400, Uruguay
Recommended Citation:
Schoeman D.S.,Schlacher T.A.,Defeo O.. Climate-change impacts on sandy-beach biota: Crossing a line in the sand[J]. Global Change Biology,2014-01-01,20(8)