Integrating within-species variation in thermal physiology into climate change ecology.

ABSTRACT: Accurately forecasting the response of global biota to warming is a fundamental challenge for ecology in the Anthropocene. Within-species variation in thermal sensitivity, caused by phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation of thermal limits, is often overlooked in assessments of species responses to warming. Despite this, implicit assumptions of thermal niche conservatism or adaptation and plasticity at the species level permeate the literature with potentially important implications for predictions of warming impacts at the population level. Here we review how these attributes interact with the spatial and temporal context of ocean warming to influence the vulnerability of marine organisms. We identify a broad spectrum of thermal sensitivities among marine organisms, particularly in cen

SUBMITTER: Bennett S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6606463 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature