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Climate change and marine plankton

TitleClimate change and marine plankton
Type de publicationJournal Article
Année de publication2005
AuteursHays GC, Richardson AJ, Robinson C
JournalTrends in Ecology & Evolution
Volume20
Mots-clésabundance, approche générale, biodiversité, biodiversity, changement climatique, climate, climate change, community structure, distribution, distribution d'espèces, fish, fish stock, impact, interaction, monitoring, phénologie, phenology, plancton, plankton, species distribution, stock de poisson, structure des communautés
Résumé

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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