Marine Benthic Ecology and Climate Change
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Ecology and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 535
Special Issue Editors
Interests: benthic ecology
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Interests: marine biology; invertebrates; macroalgae
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Special Issue Information
At present, climate change is one of the main threats to benthic ecosystems and, thus, to their functioning and provided services. Many studies have shown the effects of global warming on benthic organisms (e.g., range shifts, local extinctions, and changes on productivity). However, most of these studies are focused on a few geographical regions (i.e., European and USA Atlantic shores) and taxa, while the effects of climate change on many other regions and/or organisms such as meiobenthic taxa have been neglected. Our knowledge of the effects of other stressors related to climate change, such as ocean acidification, heat waves, and other extreme climate events, is still limited. Moreover, the need to explore the interactive effects of different stressors related to climate change is growing, because these stressors and other anthropogenic disturbances (e.g., pollution, biological invasions) may take place simultaneously, resulting in additive, synergic or antagonistic effects on the organisms. Benthic organisms have to deal with these multiple stressors that can modify their food sources or physiological status, compromising their survival and reproductive success. Moreover, changes on seawater temperature, pH or wave regimen can also modify the result of many biological interactions, such as competition or predation.
This Special Issue provides an excellent opportunity to improve the current knowledge of the effects of climate change on realistic scenarios. Observational studies on distribution range shifts, local extinctions, changes on phenology or long-term data series are welcome, particularly if they consider poorly studied geographical regions and/or taxa. Moreover, this issue will be a good platform for field and laboratory experimental studies, exploring the interactive effects of multiple stressors related to climate change and/or other anthropogenic stressors.
Dr. Marcos RubalDr. Puri Veiga
Dr. Laura Guerrero-Meseguer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- macrobenthos
- meiobenthos
- seagrasses
- macroalgae
- microphytobenthos
