Severe Continental-Scale Impacts of Climate Change Are Happening Now: Extreme Climate Events Impact Marine Habitat Forming Communities Along 45% of Australia’s Coast

Severe Continental-Scale Impacts of Climate Change Are Happening Now: Extreme Climate Events Impact Marine Habitat Forming Communities Along 45% of Australia’s Coast

Recent increases in the frequency of extreme climate events (ECEs) such as heatwaves and floods have been attributed to climate change, and could have pronounced ecosystem and evolutionary impacts because they provide little opportunity for organisms to acclimate or adapt. Here we synthesize informa...

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Main Authors: Russell C. Babcock, Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Derek J. Fulton, Michael D. E. Haywood, Alistair James Hobday, Robert Kenyon, Richard James Matear, Eva E. Plagányi, Anthony J. Richardson, Mathew A. Vanderklift
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
extreme climate events
kelp
coral
seagrass
mangrove
marine heat wave
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00411/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00411/full

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