Abstract
Marine climate change impacts: Out of sight but not out of mind
International Symposium on Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries Book of Abstracts, p.150
International Symposium on Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries: Forecasting Impacts, Assessing Ecosystem Responses and Evaluating Management Strategies, 2010 (Sendai, Japan, 26-Apr-2010–29-Apr-2010)
2010
Abstract
Climate change is impacting our global biodiversity. The IPCC 4th Assessment Report reported 28,671 significant biological changes globally of which 90% were consistent with climate change. Few were from the Southern Hemisphere, which may be attributed to a lack of studies at regional or national scales. In addition, less than 0.3% of these biological changes were from marine systems. This fundamental information is critical for developing integrated and adaptive management strategies to protect marine environments and fisheries in the future. We aim to address key questions concerning the vulnerability of marine systems to climate change such as: Which marine species, taxonomic groups and systems (e.g., pelagic, benthic, rocky shore, sandy beach, coral reef) are most sensitive? What are the similarities and differences in the types and rates of responses in tropical, temperate and polar seas? To what extent do human stressors such as fishing increase vulnerability of species and habitats to climate change? To address these questions, we are building a marine climate impacts database employing an innovative tiered approach to classify impacts which will cover the peer-reviewed literature as well as the grey literature where many valuable fisheries studies are found. Evidence suggests responses from marine systems, in terms of distribution and phenological shifts, may be faster than from land systems. Preliminary results from the database will be presented. We encourage researchers to submit their papers and reports for inclusion; the database will eventually be publicly-accessible through the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (USA) data repository.
Details
- Title
- Marine climate change impacts: Out of sight but not out of mind
- Authors
- E S Poloczanska (Author) - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric ResearchK Brander (Author) - Technical University of Denmark, DenmarkC J Brown (Author) - University of QueenslandJ F Bruno (Author) - University of North Carolina, United StatesL B Buckley (Author) - University of North Carolina, United StatesM T Burrows (Author) - Scottish Association of Marine Science, United KingdomC Duarte (Author) - Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA), SpainPippa Moore (Author) - Edith Cowan UniversityM O'Connor (Author) - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, United StatesJ M Pandolfi (Author) - University of QueenslandC Parmesan (Author) - University of Texas, United StatesM Sanchez-Camacho (Author) - Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA), SpainDavid S Schoeman (Author) - University of Ulster, United KingdomW J Sydeman (Author) - Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research, United StatesA J Richardson (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- International Symposium on Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries Book of Abstracts, p.150
- Conference details
- International Symposium on Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries: Forecasting Impacts, Assessing Ecosystem Responses and Evaluating Management Strategies, 2010 (Sendai, Japan, 26-Apr-2010–29-Apr-2010)
- Date published
- 2010
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450123102621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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