Predicting effects of ocean warming, acidification, and water quality on C hesapeake region eelgrass
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Although environmental requirements of seagrasses have been studied for years, reliable metrics for predicting their response to current or future conditions remain elusive. Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) populations of the Chesapeake region lie near the southern limit of their range in the Western North Atlantic, exposing them to increasing thermal stress as the climate warms. However, CO 2 stimulated photosynthesis may offset some of the negative effects of temperature stress. The combined effects of temperature, CO 2, and light availability controlled by water quality and epiphytes were explored using GrassLight, a bio‐optical model that provided a predictive environment for evaluating the interaction of multiple stressors on eelgrass distribution and density across the submarine landscape. Model predictions were validated against in situ measures of spectral diffuse attenuation, eelgrass density, and distribution. The potential for photosynthesis stimulated by ocean acidification to mitigate the effects of high temperature on eelgrass populations growing near the southern limit of their distribution was explored. The model accurately reproduced the submarine light environment from measured water quality parameters, and predicted their impacts on eelgrass distribution. It also reproduced the negative effects of warm summer temperatures on eelgrass distributions, and demonstrated that CO 2 increases projected for the next century should stimulate photosynthesis sufficiently to offset the negative effects of thermal stress on eelgrass growing in the Chesapeake region, even in the presence of epiphytes. Thus, improved water quality should facilitate the survival of eelgrass populations in Chesapeake region, even in the face of a warming climate.
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The results support prior model simulations that rising CO2 may allow Chesapeake eelgrass to survive despite a warming climate.
“These results support previous model simulations that increased CO 2 availability associated with climate change may permit the survival of eelgrass in the Chesapeake region in spite of a warming climate (Zimmerman et al. 2015).”
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- Authors
- Zimmerman, R. C., Hill, V. J., & Gallegos, C. L.
- Affiliations
- Old Dominion University (US)
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (US)
- Venue
- Limnology and Oceanography
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-07-28
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1781-1804
- ISSN
- 0024-3590 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-5590
- OpenAlex
- W1922875221
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 4.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Limnology and Oceanography (publishedVersion)
- ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Virginia Sea Grant/NOAA (NA10OAR4170085)
- National Science Foundation (OCE-1061823)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal plant biology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Keywords
- Zostera marina, ocean warming, ocean acidification, water quality, epiphytes, light availability, diffuse attenuation, photosynthesis, thermal stress (biology), multiple stressors, seagrass distribution, seagrass density, Chesapeake Bay, southern range limit, climate change
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