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

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2019.07.003

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

Trends Ecol Evol. 2019 Nov;34(11):1022-1033. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.07.003. Epub 2019 Jul 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Center of Functional Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: federico.baltar@univie.ac.at.
² Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Center of Functional Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
³ Southern California Coastal Water Research Authority, 3535 Harbor Blvd #110, Costa Mesa, CA 926262, USA.
⁴ Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.
⁵ Millennium Institute of Oceanography (IMO), Department of Oceanography, Universidad de Concepcion, P.O. 160 C, Concepcion, Chile.
⁶ International Atomic Energy Agency - Environment Laboratories, Radioecology Laboratory, 4a Quai Antoine 1er, MC-98000, Monaco.
⁷ National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Goa, India.
⁸ Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
⁹ Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS), School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
¹¹ Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Center of Functional Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Palma de Mallorca, 07015, Spain.
¹² Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France.
¹³ Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Center of Functional Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; NIOZ, Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Utrecht University, PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands. Electronic address: gerhard.herndl@univie.ac.at.

PMID: 31350054
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.07.003

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.

Keywords: climate change; evolution; marine ecosystems; metabolism; niche.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Ecology
Ecosystem*