Focus On: Climate Change

Climate change is a much discussed subject, and there is plenty of commentary and research investigating or attempting to predict its short and long term impacts. The articles in this post look at the potential impact of the changing climate in the marine environment.

All articles below are from journals that AIMS is subscribed to, and should therefore be freely accessible by AIMS staff.

Please note the publication dates on these articles as many are older articles.

Andrew C. Baker, Peter W. Glynn, Bernhard Riegl, (2008) Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Volume 80, Issue 4, 435-471 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Brian D. Keller, Daniel F. Gleason, Elizabeth McLeod, Christa M. Woodley, Satie Airamé, Billy D. Causey, Alan M. Friedlander, Rikki Grober-Dunsmore, Johanna E. Johnson, Steven L. Miller, Robert S. Steneck (2009) Climate Change, Coral Reef Ecosystems, and Management Options for Marine Protected Areas, Environmental Management, Volume 44, Issue 6, 1069-1088 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Camille Albouy, Fabien Leprieur, François Le Loc'h, Nicolas Mouquet, Christine N. Meynard, Emmanuel J. P. Douzery and David Mouillot. (2015) Projected impacts of climate warming on the functional and phylogenetic components of coastal Mediterranean fish biodiversity, Ecography,

Volume 38, Issue 7, 681–689 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Christine H. Stortini, Nancy L. Shackell, Peter Tyedmers, and Karen Beazley. (2015) Assessing marine species vulnerability to projected warming on the Scotian Shelf, Canada, ICES J. Mar. Sci.  72 (6): 1731-1743 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Cristina G. Soto (2002) The potential impacts of global climate change on marine protected areas, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Volume 11, Issue 3, 181-195 Link to Abstract/Full Text

David J. Ayre and Terence P. Hughes. (2004) Climate change, genotypic diversity and gene flow in reef-building corals, Ecology Letters, Volume 7, Issue 4, 273–278 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Donald Scavia, John C. Field, Donald F. Boesch, Robert W. Buddemeier, Virginia Burkett, Daniel R. Cayan, Michael Fogarty, Mark A. Harwell, Robert W. Howarth, Curt Mason, Denise J. Reed, Thomas C. Royer, Asbury H. Sallenger, James G. Titus (2002) Climate change impacts on U.S. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, Estuaries, Volume 25, Issue 2, 149-164 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Graeme C. Hays, Anthony J. Richardson, Carol Robinson. (2005) Climate change and marine plankton, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 20, Issue 6, 337-344 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Henrique F Santos, Flávia L Carmo1, Gustavo Duarte, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Clovis B Castro, Alexandre S Rosado, Jan Dirk van Elsas, and Raquel S Peixoto1. Climate change affects key nitrogen-fixing bacterial populations on coral reefs, The ISME Journal (2014) Volume 8, 2272–2279 Link to Abstract/Full Text

H.O Pörtner, B Berdal, R Blust, O Brix, A Colosimo, B De Wachter, A Giuliani, T Johansen, T Fischer, R Knust, G Lannig, G Naevdal, A Nedenes, G Nyhammer, F.J Sartoris, I Serendero, P Sirabella, S Thorkildsen, M Zakhartsev. (2001) Climate induced temperature effects on growth performance, fecundity and recruitment in marine fish: developing a hypothesis for cause and effect relationships in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and common eelpout (Zoarces viviparus), Continental Shelf Research, Volume 21, Issues 18–19, 1975-1997 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Joana Cruz, Susana Garrido, Marta S. Pimentel, Rui Rosa, A. Miguel P. Santos, and Pedro Ré (2013) Reproduction and respiration of a climate change indicator species: effect of temperature and variable food in the copepod Centropages chierchiae, J. Plankton Res. Volume 35 (5): 1046-1058 Link to Abstract/Full Text

J-P. Troadec (2000) Adaptation Opportunities to Climate Variability and Change in the Exploitation and Utilisation of Marine Living Resources, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Volume 61, Issue 1, 101-112 Link to Abstract/Full Text

J. Rizzi, S. Torresan, A. Critto, A. Zabeo, D. Brigolin, S. Carniel, R. Pastres, A. Marcomini (2015) Climate change impacts on marine water quality: The case study of the Northern Adriatic sea, Marine Pollution Bulletin, In Press, Corrected Proof Link to Abstract/Full Text

Julie M. Roessig, Christa M. Woodley, Joseph J. Cech Jr., Lara J. Hansen (2004) Effects of global climate change on marine and estuarine fishes and fisheries, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Volume 14, Issue 2, 251-275 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Klas O. Möller, Jörn O. Schmidt, Michael St.John, Axel Temming, Rabea Diekmann, Janna Peters, Jens Floeter,  Anne F. Sell, Jens-Peter Herrmann, and Christian Möllmann. (2015) Effects of climate-induced habitat changes on a key zooplankton species, J. Plankton Res. Volume 37 (3): 530-541 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Lester Kwiatkowski, Peter Cox, Paul R. Halloran, Peter J. Mumby & Andy J. Wiltshire. (2015) Coral bleaching under unconventional scenarios of climate warming and ocean acidification, Nature Climate Change,  Volume 5, 777–781 Link to Abstract/Full Text

L. Maugendre, J.-P. Gattuso, J. Louis, A. de Kluijver, S. Marro, K. Soetaert, and F. Gazeau. (2015) Effect of ocean warming and acidification on a plankton community in the NW Mediterranean Sea, ICES J. Mar. Sci. Volume 72 (6): 1744-1755 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Milani Chaloupka, Naoki Kamezaki, Colin Limpus, (2008) Is climate change affecting the population dynamics of the endangered Pacific loggerhead sea turtle?, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Volume 356, Issues 1–2, 136-143 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Neil J. Holbrook, Johanna E. Johnson (2014) Climate change impacts and adaptation of commercial marine fisheries in Australia: a review of the science, Climatic Change, Volume 124, Issue 4, 703-715 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Russell E. Brainard, Mariska Weijerman, C. Mark Eakin, Paul McElhany, Margaret W. Miller, Matt Patterson, Gregory A. Piniak, Matthew J. Dunlap and Charles Birkeland (2013) Incorporating Climate and Ocean Change into Extinction Risk Assessments for 82 Coral Species, Conservation Biology, Volume 27, Issue 6, 1169–1178 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Steve Raaymakers (2007) Possible effects of climate change on the spread of invasive marine species and implications for maritime industries, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, Volume 6, Issue 2, 235-240 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Stewart D. Frusher, Alistair J. Hobday, Sarah M. Jennings, Colin Creighton, Dallas D’Silva, Marcus Haward, Neil J. Holbrook, Melissa Nursey-Bray, Gretta T. Pecl, E. Ingrid van Putten (2014) The short history of research in a marine climate change hotspot: from anecdote to adaptation in south-east Australia, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Volume 24, Issue 2, 593-611 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Thomas A. Okey, Hussein M. Alidina, Veronica Lo, Sabine Jessen (2014) Effects of climate change on Canada’s Pacific marine ecosystems: a summary of scientific knowledge, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Volume 24, Issue 2, 519-559 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Thomas Wernberg, Bayden D. Russell, Pippa J. Moore, Scott D. Ling, Daniel A. Smale, Alex Campbell, Melinda A. Coleman, Peter D. Steinberg, Gary A. Kendrick, Sean D. Connell. (2011) Impacts of climate change in a global hotspot for temperate marine biodiversity and ocean warming, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Volume 400, Issues 1–2, 7-16 Link to Abstract/Full Text

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