Biological sensitivities to high-resolution climate change projections in the California current marine ecosystem.

ABSTRACT: The California Current Marine Ecosystem is a highly productive system that exhibits strong natural variability and vulnerability to anthropogenic climate trends. Relating projections of ocean change to biological sensitivities requires detailed synthesis of experimental results. Here, we combine measured biological sensitivities with high-resolution climate projections of key variables (temperature, oxygen, and pCO₂ ) to identify the direction, magnitude, and spatial distribution of organism-scale vulnerabilities to multiple axes of projected ocean change. Among 12 selected species of cultural and economic importance, we find that all are sensitive to projected changes in ocean conditions through responses that affect individual performance or population processes. Response indi

SUBMITTER: Sunday JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9542873 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature