Distribution models predict large contractions of habitat‐forming seaweeds in response to ocean warming

By B. Martínez, B. Radford, M. Thomsen, S. Connell, F. Carreño, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Damien A. Fordham, B. Russell, C. Gurgel, T. Wernberg. Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 2018

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Understanding the relative importance of climatic and non‐climatic distribution drivers for co‐occurring, functionally similar species is required to assess potential consequences of climate change. This understanding is, however, lacking for most ecosystems. We address this knowledge gap and forecast changes in distribution for habitat‐forming seaweeds in one of the world's most species‐rich temperate reef ecosystems.

Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. M. Coleman
2. Peter D. Steinberg
3. T. Wernberg
4. Dan A. Smale
5. C. Fernández

In Oceanography

1. T. Wernberg
2. M. Mayer‐Pinto
3. M. Coleman
4. Peter D. Steinberg
5. Dan A. Smale
6. S. Connell
7. C. Fernández

Citations in the corpus

• Tropicalisation of temperate reefs: Implications for ecosystem functions and management actions (2019, background): “Many of these species could disappear given currently predicted poleward shifts in seaweed forests beyond the continent by 2100 (Martínez et al., 2018), posing a critical threat and a substantial management challenge for this region in the immediate future.”