Over het archief
Het OWA, het open archief van het Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium heeft tot doel alle vrij toegankelijke onderzoeksresultaten van dit instituut in digitale vorm aan te bieden. Op die manier wil het de zichtbaarheid, verspreiding en gebruik van deze onderzoeksresultaten, alsook de wetenschappelijke communicatie maximaal bevorderen.
Dit archief wordt uitgebouwd en beheerd volgens de principes van de Open Access Movement, en het daaruit ontstane Open Archives Initiative.
Basisinformatie over ‘Open Access to scholarly information'.
Dramatic loss of seagrass habitat under projected climate change in the Mediterranean Sea
Chefaoui, R.M.; Duarte, C.M.; Serrão, E.A. (2018). Dramatic loss of seagrass habitat under projected climate change in the Mediterranean Sea. Glob. Chang. Biol. 24(10): 4919-4928. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14401
In: Global Change Biology. Blackwell Publishers: Oxford. ISSN 1354-1013; e-ISSN 1365-2486, meer
|  |
| Trefwoorden |
Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson, 1870 [WoRMS]; Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813 [WoRMS]
Marien/Kust |
| Auteurs | | Top |
- Chefaoui, R.M.
- Duarte, C.M., meer
- Serrão, E.A.
|
|
|
| Abstract |
Although climate warming is affecting most marine ecosystems, the Mediterranean is showing earlier impacts. Foundation seagrasses are already experiencing a well-documented regression in the Mediterranean which could be aggravated by climate change. Here, we forecast distributions of two seagrasses and contrast predicted loss with discrete regions identified on the basis of extant genetic diversity. Under the worst-case scenario, Posidonia oceanica might lose 75% of suitable habitat by 2050 and is at risk of functional extinction by 2100, whereas Cymodocea nodosa would lose only 46.5% in that scenario as losses are compensated with gained and stable areas in the Atlantic. Besides, we predict that erosion of present genetic diversity and vicariant processes can happen, as all Mediterranean genetic regions could decrease considerably in extension in future warming scenarios. The functional extinction of Posidonia oceanica would have important ecological impacts and may also lead to the release of the massive carbon stocks these ecosystems stored over millennia. |
IMIS is ontwikkeld en wordt gehost door het VLIZ.
