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Pendleton, Linwood; Hoegh-guldberg, Ove; Albright, Rebecca; Kaup, Anne; Marshall, Paul; Marshall, Nadine; Fletcher, Steve; Haraldsson, Gunnar; Hansson, Lina. |
As living carbonate-based structures, coral reefs are highly vulnerable to ocean acidification. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the largest continuous coral reef system in the world. Its economic, social, and icon assets are valued at AU$56 billion (Deloitte Access Economics, 2017), owing to its vast biodiversity and services related to commercial and recreational fisheries, shoreline protection, and reef-related tourism and recreation. Ocean acidification poses a significant risk to these ecological and socioeconomic services, threatening not only the structural foundation of the GBR but the livelihoods of reef-dependent sectors of society. To assess the vulnerabilities of the GBR to ocean acidification, we review the characteristics of the GBR and the... |
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Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00506/61766/65744.pdf |
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Hoegh-guldberg, Ove; Pendleton, Linwood; Kaup, Anne. |
Coral reefs are biodiverse and productive ecosystems but are threatened by local and global stresses. The resulting loss of coral reefs is threatening coastal food and livelihoods. Climate projections suggest that coral reefs will continue to undergo major changes even if the goals of the Paris Agreement (Dec 2015) are successfully implemented. Ecological changes include modified food webs, shifts in community structure, reduced habitat complexity, decreased fecundity and recruitment, changes to fisheries productivity/opportunity, and a shift in the carbonate budget of some ecosystems toward dissolution and erosion of calcium carbonate stocks. Broad estimates of the long-term (present value) of services provided by the ocean’s ecological assets exist and... |
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Palavras-chave: Coral reefs; Global climate change; 'the dumb farmer'; Adaptability; Human interactions. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00500/61196/64739.pdf |
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