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Synergistic effects of climate change and local stressors: CO2 and nutrient‐driven change in subtidal rocky habitats
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Climate-driven change represents the cumulative effect of global through local-scale conditions, and understanding their manifestation at local scales can empower local management. Change in the dominance of habitats is often the product of local nutrient pollution that occurs at relatively local scales (i.e. catchment scale), a critical scale of management at which global impacts will manifest. We tested whether forecasted global-scale change [elevated carbon dioxide (CO₂) and subsequent ocean acidification] and local stressors (elevated nutrients) can combine to accelerate the expansion of filamentous turfs at the expense of calcifying algae (kelp understorey). Our results not only support this model of future change, but also highlight the synergistic effects of future CO₂ and nutrient concentrations on the abundance of turfs. These results suggest that global and local stressors need to be assessed in meaningful combinations so that the anticipated effects of climate change do not create the false impression that, however complex, climate change will produce smaller effects than reality. These findings empower local managers because they show that policies of reducing local stressors (e.g. nutrient pollution) can reduce the effects of global stressors not under their governance (e.g. ocean acidification). The connection between research and government policy provides an example whereby knowledge (and decision making) across local through global scales provides solutions t…
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“Ocean acidi fi cation (OA) has been documented to have both stimulatory (Andersen & Andersen 2006; Russell et al. 2009) and inhibitory (Kuffner et al. 2008) effects on algal growth.”
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“In contrast, OA has also been shown to increase the dominance of some fl eshy algal groups, either by enhancing photosynthetic carbon fi xation or releasing them from competitive associations with calcareous taxa (Gao, Ji & Aruga 1999; Kubler, Johnston & Raven 1999; Russell et al. 2009).”
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“These responses were linked to increases in effective quantum yield, suggesting that CO2 enrichment may have improved photosynthetic ef fi ciency.”
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“Our fi ndings are in agreement with other studies examining the effects of ocean acidi fi cation on the community structure of benthic organisms (Martin et al. 2008; Russell et al. 2009; Porzio, Buia & Hall-Spencer 2011).”
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“CO2-induced increases in uncalci fi ed algal groups (particularly turf taxa) have been previously demonstrated in several studies (Russell et al. 2009; Connell & Russell 2010).”
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“For example, Russell et al. 2009 document increased turf recruitment in the presence of CO2 and nutrient enrichment, and this interaction provided a 34% increase in algal abundance as compared to the sum of individual effects.”
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“Prior work has demonstrated increases in the biomass of temperate turfs under CO2 enrichment (Russell et al. 2009; Connell & Russell 2010).”
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“In addition to being potentially stimulated by CO2 supply, the dominance of fl eshy epiphytes may have resulted from decreased competition with coralline algae (Russell et al. 2009; Hepburn et al. 2011).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- RUSSELL, B. D., THOMPSON, J. I., FALKENBERG, L. J., & CONNELL, S. D.
- Affiliations
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- Corresponding author
- RUSSELL, BAYDEN D.
- Venue
- Global Change Biology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-08-04
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 2153-2162
- ISSN
- 1354-1013 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2486
- OpenAlex
- W2088635555
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 81
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 29 · 2013: 31 · 2012: 23
- FWCI
- 12.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Global Change Biology (publishedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal plant biology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Keywords
- climate change, ocean acidification, elevated CO2, nutrient pollution, synergistic effect, local stressors, calcifying algae, catchment scale, local management, marine conservation policy
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