The future of the northeast Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world

• Juliet Brodie
• Christopher J. Williamson
• Dan A. Smale
• Nicholas A. Kamenos
• Nova Mieszkowska
• Rui Santos
• Michael Cunliffe
• Michael Steinke
• Christopher Yesson
• Kathryn M. Anderson
• Valentina Asnaghi
• Colin Brownlee
• Heidi L. Burdett
• Michael T. Burrows
• Sinead Collins
• Penelope J. C. Donohue
• Ben Harvey
• Andrew Foggo
• Fanny Noisette
• Joana Nunes
• Federica Ragazzola
• John A. Raven
• Daniela N. Schmidt
• David Suggett
• Mirta Teichberg
• Jason M. Hall-Spencer

Abstract

Seaweed and seagrass communities in the northeast Atlantic have been profoundly impacted by humans, and the rate of change is accelerating rapidly due to runaway CO2 emissions and mounting pressures on coastlines associated with human population growth and increased consumption of finite resources. Here, we predict how rapid warming and acidification are likely to affect benthic flora and coastal ecosystems of the northeast Atlantic in this century, based on global evidence from the literature as interpreted by the collective knowledge of the authorship. We predict that warming will kill off kelp forests in the south and that ocean acidification will remove maerl habitat in the north. Seagrasses will proliferate, and associated epiphytes switch from calcified algae to diatoms and filamentous species. Invasive species will thrive in niches liberated by loss of native species and spread via exponential development of artificial marine structures. Combined impacts of seawater warming, ocean acidification, and increased storminess may replace structurally diverse seaweed canopies, with associated calcified and noncalcified flora, with simple habitats dominated by noncalcified, turf‐forming seaweeds.

• DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1105

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@article{Brodie2014,
  Title = {The future of the northeast Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world},
  Author = {Brodie, Juliet and Williamson, Christopher J. and Smale, Dan A. and Kamenos, Nicholas A. and Mieszkowska, Nova and Santos, Rui and Cunliffe, Michael and Steinke, Michael and Yesson, Christopher and Anderson, Kathryn M. and Asnaghi, Valentina and Brownlee, Colin and Burdett, Heidi L. and Burrows, Michael T. and Collins, Sinead and Donohue, Penelope J. C. and Harvey, Ben and Foggo, Andrew and Noisette, Fanny and Nunes, Joana and Ragazzola, Federica and Raven, John A. and Schmidt, Daniela N. and Suggett, David and Teichberg, Mirta and Hall-Spencer, Jason M.},
  Editor = {},
  Journal = {Ecology and Evolution},
  Year = {2014},
  Pages = {2787-2798},
  Volume = {4},
  Doi = {10.1002/ece3.1105},
  Abstract = {Seaweed and seagrass communities in the northeast Atlantic have been profoundly impacted by humans, and the rate of change is accelerating rapidly due to runaway CO2 emissions and mounting pressures on coastlines associated with human population growth and increased consumption of finite resources. Here, we predict how rapid warming and acidification are likely to affect benthic flora and coastal ecosystems of the northeast Atlantic in this century, based on global evidence from the literature as interpreted by the collective knowledge of the authorship. We predict that warming will kill off kelp forests in the south and that ocean acidification will remove maerl habitat in the north. Seagrasses will proliferate, and associated epiphytes switch from calcified algae to diatoms and filamentous species. Invasive species will thrive in niches liberated by loss of native species and spread via exponential development of artificial marine structures. Combined impacts of seawater warming, ocean acidification, and increased storminess may replace structurally diverse seaweed canopies, with associated calcified and noncalcified flora, with simple habitats dominated by noncalcified, turf‐forming seaweeds.},
}

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