Reorganization of seagrass communities in a changing climate.

ABSTRACT: Although climate change projections indicate significant threats to terrestrial biodiversity, the effects are much more profound and striking in the marine environment. Here we explore how different facets of locally distinctive α- and β-diversity (changes in spatial composition) of seagrasses will respond to future climate change scenarios across the globe and compare their coverage with the existing network of marine protected areas. By using species distribution modelling and a dated phylogeny, we predict widespread reductions in species' range sizes that will result in increases in seagrass weighted and phylogenetic endemism. These projected increases of endemism will result in divergent shifts in the spatial composition of β-diversity leading to differentiation in some areas and the h

SUBMITTER: Daru BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10356593 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature