Plankton feel the heat
Nature Climate Change
2012년12월3일
Ocean temperature is now the primary climate-induced threat to North Atlantic calcifying plankton, reports work published online in Nature Climate Change. This study suggests that although ocean acidification may become a serious threat in the future, from 1960-2009 the primary driver of change was ocean temperature.
Gregory Beaugrand and co-workers investigated the effects of ocean acidification and temperature change on marine-calcifier diversity in the North Atlantic Ocean. By analysing biological data and physical parameters, they show an abrupt shift in plankton communities around 1996, corresponding to a substantial temperature increase. They also note that some species showed poleward movement, in agreement with expected biogeographical changes under ocean warming.
doi: 10.1038/nclimate1753
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