COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
Description: There have been few systematic reviews of the impacts of rising CO2 and climate change on marine ecosystems. Here, the authors document the emerging science in this field, cutting across biological scales from organisms to ecosystems and illustrating general points with three case studies-sea-ice-dependent polar ecosystems, shallow tropical and subtropical regions (coral reef systems), and an upwelling system (the California Current)-where substantial change is evident already and susceptibility to further change is likely. [Source: Annual Review of Marine Science]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-041911-111611
Availability: Summary
Source: Annual Review of Marine Science
Publish Date: 1/1/2012
Reading Level: Expert
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