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author Jury, Christopher P
Bahr, Keisha D
Cros, Annick
Dobson, Kerri L
Freel, Evan B
Graham, Andrew T
McLachlan, Rowan H
Nelson, Craig E
Price, James T
Rocha de Souza, Mariana
Shizuru, Leah
Smith, Celia M
Sparagon, Wesley J
Squair, Cheryl A
Timmers, Molly A
Vicente, Jan
Webb, Maryann K
Yamase, Nicole H
Grottoli, Andréa G
Toonen, Robert J
author_facet Jury, Christopher P
Bahr, Keisha D
Cros, Annick
Dobson, Kerri L
Freel, Evan B
Graham, Andrew T
McLachlan, Rowan H
Nelson, Craig E
Price, James T
Rocha de Souza, Mariana
Shizuru, Leah
Smith, Celia M
Sparagon, Wesley J
Squair, Cheryl A
Timmers, Molly A
Vicente, Jan
Webb, Maryann K
Yamase, Nicole H
Grottoli, Andréa G
Toonen, Robert J
Jury, Christopher P
Bahr, Keisha D
Cros, Annick
Dobson, Kerri L
Freel, Evan B
Graham, Andrew T
McLachlan, Rowan H
Nelson, Craig E
Price, James T
Rocha de Souza, Mariana
Shizuru, Leah
Smith, Celia M
Sparagon, Wesley J
Squair, Cheryl A
Timmers, Molly A
Vicente, Jan
Webb, Maryann K
Yamase, Nicole H
Grottoli, Andréa G
Toonen, Robert J
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Experimental coral reef communities transform yet persist under mitigated future ocean warming and acidification. Jury, Christopher P Bahr, Keisha D Cros, Annick Dobson, Kerri L Freel, Evan B Graham, Andrew T McLachlan, Rowan H Nelson, Craig E Price, James T Rocha de Souza, Mariana Shizuru, Leah Smith, Celia M Sparagon, Wesley J Squair, Cheryl A Timmers, Molly A Vicente, Jan Webb, Maryann K Yamase, Nicole H Grottoli, Andréa G Toonen, Robert J Coral Reefs Oceans and Seas Global Warming Ocean Acidification Seawater Biodiversity Forecasting Animals Coral reefs are among the most sensitive ecosystems affected by ocean warming and acidification, and are predicted to collapse over the next few decades. Reefs are predicted to shift from net accreting calcifier-dominated systems with exceptionally high biodiversity to net eroding algal-dominated systems with dramatically reduced biodiversity. Here, we present a two-year experimental study examining the responses of entire mesocosm coral reef communities to warming (+2 °C), acidification (-0.2 pH units), and combined future ocean (+2 °C, -0.2 pH) treatments. Contrary to modeled projections, we show that under future ocean conditions, these communities shift structure and composition yet persist as novel calcifying ecosystems with high biodiversity. Our results suggest that if climate change is limited to Paris Climate Agreement targets, coral reefs could persist in an altered state rather than collapse.
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spellingShingle Experimental coral reef communities transform yet persist under mitigated future ocean warming and acidification.
Jury, Christopher P
Bahr, Keisha D
Cros, Annick
Dobson, Kerri L
Freel, Evan B
Graham, Andrew T
McLachlan, Rowan H
Nelson, Craig E
Price, James T
Rocha de Souza, Mariana
Shizuru, Leah
Smith, Celia M
Sparagon, Wesley J
Squair, Cheryl A
Timmers, Molly A
Vicente, Jan
Webb, Maryann K
Yamase, Nicole H
Grottoli, Andréa G
Toonen, Robert J
Coral Reefs
Oceans and Seas
Global Warming
Ocean Acidification
Seawater
Biodiversity
Forecasting
Animals
Experimental coral reef communities transform yet persist under mitigated future ocean warming and acidification. Jury, Christopher P Bahr, Keisha D Cros, Annick Dobson, Kerri L Freel, Evan B Graham, Andrew T McLachlan, Rowan H Nelson, Craig E Price, James T Rocha de Souza, Mariana Shizuru, Leah Smith, Celia M Sparagon, Wesley J Squair, Cheryl A Timmers, Molly A Vicente, Jan Webb, Maryann K Yamase, Nicole H Grottoli, Andréa G Toonen, Robert J Coral Reefs Oceans and Seas Global Warming Ocean Acidification Seawater Biodiversity Forecasting Animals Coral reefs are among the most sensitive ecosystems affected by ocean warming and acidification, and are predicted to collapse over the next few decades. Reefs are predicted to shift from net accreting calcifier-dominated systems with exceptionally high biodiversity to net eroding algal-dominated systems with dramatically reduced biodiversity. Here, we present a two-year experimental study examining the responses of entire mesocosm coral reef communities to warming (+2 °C), acidification (-0.2 pH units), and combined future ocean (+2 °C, -0.2 pH) treatments. Contrary to modeled projections, we show that under future ocean conditions, these communities shift structure and composition yet persist as novel calcifying ecosystems with high biodiversity. Our results suggest that if climate change is limited to Paris Climate Agreement targets, coral reefs could persist in an altered state rather than collapse.
title Experimental coral reef communities transform yet persist under mitigated future ocean warming and acidification.
topic Coral Reefs
Oceans and Seas
Global Warming
Ocean Acidification
Seawater
Biodiversity
Forecasting
Animals
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39471225/