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Fuentes-Santos, I, Labarta, U, Fernández-Reiriz, MJ, Kay, S, Hjøllo, SS and Alvarez-Salgado, XA 2021 Modeling the impact of climate change on mussel aquaculture in a coastal upwelling system: A critical assessment. Science of The Total Environment, 775. 145020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145020
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Abstract/Summary
Forecasting of climate change impacts on marine aquaculture production has become a major research task, which requires taking into account the biases and uncertainties arising from ocean climate models in coastal areas, as well as considering culture management strategies. Focusing on the suspended mussel culture in the NW Iberian coastal upwelling system, we simulated current and future mussel growth by means of a multistructural net production Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) model. We considered two scenarios and three ocean climate models to account for climate uncertainty, and applied a bias correction to the climate models in coastal areas. Our results show that the predicted impact of climate change on mussel growth is low compared with the role of the seeding time. However, the response of mussels varied across climate models, ranging from a minor growth decline to a moderate growth increase. Therefore, this work confirms that an accurate forecasting of climate change impacts on shellfish aquaculture should take into account the variability linked to both management strategies and climate uncertainty.
| Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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| Additional Keywords: | Regional climate modelClimate uncertaintyBias correctionCoastal upwellingManagementMytilus galloprovincialis |
| Divisions: | Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Marine System Modelling |
| Depositing User: | S Hawkins |
| Date made live: | 03 Mar 2021 15:48 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2021 15:48 |
| URI: | https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/9147 |
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