Journal article

Arctic marine forest distribution models showcase potentially severe habitat losses for cryophilic species under climate change

TT Bringloe, DP Wilkinson, J Goldsmit, AM Savoie, K Filbee-Dexter, KA Macgregor, KL Howland, CW McKindsey, H Verbruggen

Global Change Biology | Published : 2022

Abstract

The Arctic is among the fastest-warming areas of the globe. Understanding the impact of climate change on foundational Arctic marine species is needed to provide insight on ecological resilience at high latitudes. Marine forests, the underwater seascapes formed by seaweeds, are predicted to expand their ranges further north in the Arctic in a warmer climate. Here, we investigated whether northern habitat gains will compensate for losses at the southern range edge by modelling marine forest distributions according to three distribution categories: cryophilic (species restricted to the Arctic environment), cryotolerant (species with broad environmental preferences inclusive but not limited to ..

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Grants

Awarded by Nunavut Wildlife Research Trust


Funding Acknowledgements

This project was supported by a University of Melbourne McKenzie Fellowship to TTB. Data collection in the Eastern Canadian Arctic was funded by ArcticNet (P101 ArcticKelp), Fisheries and Oceans Canada Arctic Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, Arctic Science, and Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring and Research Funds, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), NRCan Polar Continental Shelf Program Support, Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN) Funds, the Nunavut Marine Region Wildlife Management Board (NWMB), and Quebec-Ocean. JG was supported by Fisheries and Oceans Canada Results Fund and Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN). KFD was supported by the Australian Research Council (DE1901006192). Open access publishing facilitated by The University of Melbourne, as part of the Wiley -The University of Melbourne agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. WOA Institution: The University of Melbourne. Blended DEAL: CAUL 2022.