The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems
Burrows MT, Schoeman DS, Buckley LB, Moore P, Poloczanska ES, Brander KM, Brown C, Bruno JF, Duarte CM, Halpern BS, Holding J, Kappel CV, Kießling W, O'Connor MI, Pandolfi JM, Parmesan C, Schwing FB, Sydeman WJ, Richardson AJ (2011)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2011
Journal
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Book Volume: 334
Pages Range: 652-655
Abstract
Climate change challenges organisms to adapt or move to track changes in environments in space and time. We used two measures of thermal shifts from analyses of global temperatures over the past 50 years to describe the pace of climate change that species should track: the velocity of climate change (geographic shifts of isotherms over time) and the shift in seasonal timing of temperatures. Both measures are higher in the ocean than on land at some latitudes, despite slower ocean warming. These indices give a complex mosaic of predicted range shifts and phenology changes that deviate from simple poleward migration and earlier springs or later falls. They also emphasize potential conservation concerns, because areas of high marine biodiversity often have greater velocities of climate change and seasonal shifts.
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University of Western Australia (UWA)
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University of British Columbia
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Spain (ES)
Technical University of Denmark / Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)
Denmark (DK)
University of Ulster
United Kingdom (GB)
Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
United Kingdom (GB)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States (USA) (US)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Australia (AU)
Farallon Institute
United States (USA) (US)
Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)
United States (USA) (US)
University of Queensland
Australia (AU)
University of Texas at Austin
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University of California
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Aberystwyth University
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University of Western Australia (UWA)
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University of British Columbia
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How to cite
APA:
Burrows, M.T., Schoeman, D.S., Buckley, L.B., Moore, P., Poloczanska, E.S., Brander, K.M.,... Richardson, A.J. (2011). The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Science, 334, 652-655. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1210288
MLA:
Burrows, Michael T., et al. "The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems." Science 334 (2011): 652-655.
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