Emergent effects of global change on consumption depend on consumers and their resources in marine systems.

ABSTRACT: A better understanding of how environmental change will affect species interactions would significantly aid efforts to scale up predictions of near-future responses to global change from individuals to ecosystems. To address this need, we used meta-analysis to quantify the individual and combined effects of ocean acidification (OA) and warming on consumption rates of predators and herbivores in marine ecosystems. Although the primary studies demonstrated that these environmental variables can have direct effects on consumers, our analyses highlight high variability in consumption rates in response to OA and warming. This variability likely reflects differences in local adaptation among species, as well as important methodological differences. For example, our results suggest that exposure

SUBMITTER: Kindinger TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9173678 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature