The response of temperate aquatic ecosystems to global warming: novel insights from a multidisciplinary project

This article serves as an introduction to this special issue of Marine Biology, but also as a review of the key findings of the AQUASHIFT research program which is the source of the articles published in this issue. AQUASHIFT is an interdisciplinary research program targeted to analyze the response...

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Published in:Marine biology 2012-11, Vol.159 (11), p.2367-2377
Main Authors: Sommer, Ulrich, Adrian, Rita, Bauer, Barbara, Winder, Monika
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Aquatic ecosystems
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Body size
Climate change
Climate variability
Concept and Synthesis
Food chains (Ecology)
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Geographical distribution
Global change
Global warming
Interdisciplinary research
Lakes
Life Sciences
Marine
Marine & Freshwater Sciences
Marine biology
Marine ecosystems
Microbiology
Oceanography
Review
Rivers
Sea water ecosystems
Seas
Seasonal variations
Synecology
Warming
Zoology
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Summary:This article serves as an introduction to this special issue of Marine Biology, but also as a review of the key findings of the AQUASHIFT research program which is the source of the articles published in this issue. AQUASHIFT is an interdisciplinary research program targeted to analyze the response of temperate zone aquatic ecosystems (both marine and freshwater) to global warming. The main conclusions of AQUASHIFT relate to (a) shifts in geographic distribution, (b) shifts in seasonality, (c) temporal mismatch in food chains, (d) biomass responses to warming, (e) responses of body size, (f) harmful bloom intensity, (f), changes of biodiversity, and (g) the dependence of shifts to temperature changes during critical seasonal windows.
ISSN:0025-3162
1432-1793
1432-1793
DOI:10.1007/s00227-012-2085-4