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Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region
Our changing climate poses growing challenges for effective management of marine life, ocean ecosystems, and human communities. Which species are most vulnerable to climate change, and where should management focus efforts to reduce these risks? To address these questions, the National Oceanic and A...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9269963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35802686 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270930 |
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author | Giddens, Jonatha Kobayashi, Donald R. Mukai, Gabriella N. M. Asher, Jacob Birkeland, Charles Fitchett, Mark Hixon, Mark A. Hutchinson, Melanie Mundy, Bruce C. O’Malley, Joseph M. Sabater, Marlowe Scott, Molly Stahl, Jennifer Toonen, Rob Trianni, Michael Woodworth-Jefcoats, Phoebe A. Wren, Johanna L. K. Nelson, Mark |
author_facet | Giddens, Jonatha Kobayashi, Donald R. Mukai, Gabriella N. M. Asher, Jacob Birkeland, Charles Fitchett, Mark Hixon, Mark A. Hutchinson, Melanie Mundy, Bruce C. O’Malley, Joseph M. Sabater, Marlowe Scott, Molly Stahl, Jennifer Toonen, Rob Trianni, Michael Woodworth-Jefcoats, Phoebe A. Wren, Johanna L. K. Nelson, Mark |
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description | Our changing climate poses growing challenges for effective management of marine life, ocean ecosystems, and human communities. Which species are most vulnerable to climate change, and where should management focus efforts to reduce these risks? To address these questions, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Climate Science Strategy called for vulnerability assessments in each of NOAA’s ocean regions. The Pacific Islands Vulnerability Assessment (PIVA) project assessed the susceptibility of 83 marine species to the impacts of climate change projected to 2055. In a standard Rapid Vulnerability Assessment framework, this project applied expert knowledge, literature review, and climate projection models to synthesize the best available science towards answering these questions. Here we: (1) provide a relative climate vulnerability ranking across species; (2) identify key attributes and factors that drive vulnerability; and (3) identify critical data gaps in understanding climate change impacts to marine life. The invertebrate group was ranked most vulnerable and pelagic and coastal groups not associated with coral reefs were ranked least vulnerable. Sea surface temperature, ocean acidification, and oxygen concentration were the main exposure drivers of vulnerability. Early Life History Survival and Settlement Requirements was the most data deficient of the sensitivity attributes considered in the assessment. The sensitivity of many coral reef fishes ranged between Low and Moderate, which is likely underestimated given that reef species depend on a biogenic habitat that is extremely threatened by climate change. The standard assessment methodology originally developed in the Northeast US, did not capture the additional complexity of the Pacific region, such as the diversity, varied horizontal and vertical distributions, extent of coral reef habitats, the degree of dependence on vulnerable habitat, and wide range of taxa, including data-poor species. Within these limitations, this project identified research needs to sustain marine life in a changing climate. |
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spelling | pubmed-92699632022-07-09 Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region Giddens, Jonatha Kobayashi, Donald R. Mukai, Gabriella N. M. Asher, Jacob Birkeland, Charles Fitchett, Mark Hixon, Mark A. Hutchinson, Melanie Mundy, Bruce C. O’Malley, Joseph M. Sabater, Marlowe Scott, Molly Stahl, Jennifer Toonen, Rob Trianni, Michael Woodworth-Jefcoats, Phoebe A. Wren, Johanna L. K. Nelson, Mark PLoS One Research Article Our changing climate poses growing challenges for effective management of marine life, ocean ecosystems, and human communities. Which species are most vulnerable to climate change, and where should management focus efforts to reduce these risks? To address these questions, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Climate Science Strategy called for vulnerability assessments in each of NOAA’s ocean regions. The Pacific Islands Vulnerability Assessment (PIVA) project assessed the susceptibility of 83 marine species to the impacts of climate change projected to 2055. In a standard Rapid Vulnerability Assessment framework, this project applied expert knowledge, literature review, and climate projection models to synthesize the best available science towards answering these questions. Here we: (1) provide a relative climate vulnerability ranking across species; (2) identify key attributes and factors that drive vulnerability; and (3) identify critical data gaps in understanding climate change impacts to marine life. The invertebrate group was ranked most vulnerable and pelagic and coastal groups not associated with coral reefs were ranked least vulnerable. Sea surface temperature, ocean acidification, and oxygen concentration were the main exposure drivers of vulnerability. Early Life History Survival and Settlement Requirements was the most data deficient of the sensitivity attributes considered in the assessment. The sensitivity of many coral reef fishes ranged between Low and Moderate, which is likely underestimated given that reef species depend on a biogenic habitat that is extremely threatened by climate change. The standard assessment methodology originally developed in the Northeast US, did not capture the additional complexity of the Pacific region, such as the diversity, varied horizontal and vertical distributions, extent of coral reef habitats, the degree of dependence on vulnerable habitat, and wide range of taxa, including data-poor species. Within these limitations, this project identified research needs to sustain marine life in a changing climate. Public Library of Science 2022-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9269963/ /pubmed/35802686 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270930 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Giddens, Jonatha Kobayashi, Donald R. Mukai, Gabriella N. M. Asher, Jacob Birkeland, Charles Fitchett, Mark Hixon, Mark A. Hutchinson, Melanie Mundy, Bruce C. O’Malley, Joseph M. Sabater, Marlowe Scott, Molly Stahl, Jennifer Toonen, Rob Trianni, Michael Woodworth-Jefcoats, Phoebe A. Wren, Johanna L. K. Nelson, Mark Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region |
title | Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region |
title_full | Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region |
title_fullStr | Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region |
title_short | Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region |
title_sort | assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the pacific islands region |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9269963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35802686 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270930 |
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