Towards Integrating Evolution, Metabolism, and Climate Change Studies of Marine Ecosystems

Federico Baltar, Barbara Bayer, Nina Bednarsek, Stacy Deppeler, Ruben Escribano, Carolina E. Gonzalez, Roberta L. Hansman, Rajani Kanta Mishra, Mary Ann Moran, Daniel J. Repeta, Carol Robinson, Eva Sintes, Christian Tamburini, Luis E. Valentin, Gerhard J. Herndl

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Abstract

Global environmental changes are challenging the structure and functioning of ecosystems. However, a mechanistic understanding of how global environmental changes will affect ecosystems is still lacking. The complex and interacting biological and physical processes spanning vast temporal and spatial scales that constitute an ecosystem make this a formidable problem. A unifying framework based on ecological theory, that considers fundamental and realized niches, combined with metabolic, evolutionary, and climate change studies, is needed to provide the mechanistic understanding required to evaluate and forecast the future of marine communities, ecosystems, and their services.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1022-1033
Number of pages12
JournalTrends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume34
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • climate change
  • evolution
  • marine ecosystems
  • metabolism
  • niche

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