Intertidal indicators of climate and global change

Mieszkowska, N 2021 Intertidal indicators of climate and global change. In: Letcher, TM, (ed.) Climate Change. Observed Impacts on Planet Earth (3rd Edition). Elsevier, 465-482.

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Abstract/Summary

Rocky shore species live on the edge of both land and sea, dealing with the twice-daily ebb and flow of the tide that results in large changes in their environment and creates stressful place to inhabit. As most intertidal creatures and seaweeds are fixed to the rock or can only move small distances, they are at the mercy of climate change and the additional stress of both warming and regional fluctuations in climate. As a result, they have shown some of the fastest responses to global warming in any system on the planet, shifting their geographic distributions to higher latitudes where sea and air temperatures are cooler. The rocky shore is an accessible habitat to study, and scientists have been able to look at the biological pathways by which different creatures respond to changes in climate by carrying out long-term surveys and experiments. The rapid responses to changes in temperature and the large amount of knowledge of their biological processes mean that intertidal species can be used as indicators of the biological effects that climate change is having within the marine realm

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Additional Keywords:	rocky shore, intertidal, climate change, biological indicators
Subjects:	Ecology and Environment Marine Sciences
Divisions:	Marine Biological Association of the UK > Coastal Ecology
Depositing User:	Ms Kristina Hixon
Date made live:	22 Mar 2024 09:39
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2024 09:39
URI:	https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157

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