Effects of global warming on Mediterranean coral forests
| Autor: | Anna Lisco, Diana De Padova, Francesco Mastrototaro, Michele Mossa, Antonella Bottalico, Nicola Ungaro, Maria Adamo, Giovanni Chimienti |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Mediterranean climate
Science Coral ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Forests global warming Article Mediterranean sea Mediterranean Sea Animals Sea Surface Temperature Ecosystem biodiversity Marine biology Multidisciplinary geography.geographical_feature_category Coral Reefs Conservation biology ved/biology Ecology Climate-change ecology Global warming Coral reef Anthozoa Environmental health Geography Archipelago Medicine Marine protected area Paramuricea clavata |
| Zdroj: | Scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group) 11 (2021). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-00162-4 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Chimienti, Giovanni; De Padova, Diana; Adamo, Maria; Mossa, Michele; Bottalico, Antonella; Lisco, Anna; Ungaro, Nicola; Mastrototaro, Francesco/titolo:Effects of global warming on Mediterranean coral forests/doi:10.1038%2Fs41598-021-00162-4/rivista:Scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group)/anno:2021/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:11 Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021) Scientific Reports |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-00162-4 |
| Popis: | The effects of global warming have been addressed on coral reefs in tropical areas, while it is still unclear how coral forests are reacting, particularly at temperate latitudes. Here we show how mesophotic coral forests are affected by global warming in the Mediterranean Sea. We highlight how the current warming trend is causing the lowering of the thermocline and it is enhancing mucilaginous blooms. These stressors are facilitating a massive macroalgal epibiosis on living corals, here reported for the first time from different areas in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea. We provide a focus of this phenomenon at Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area (Adriatic Sea), were the density of the endemic red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata decreased of up to 47% in 5 years, while up to the 96% of the living corals showed signs of stress and macroalgal epibiosis. Only populations deeper than 60 m depth were not touched by this emerging phenomenon. Spot observations performed at Tuscan Archipelago and Tavolara Marine Protected Area (Tyrrhenian Sea) suggest that this this combination of stressors is likely widespread at basin scale. |
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