Overview
- Explains how marine ecosystems respond to climate changes
- Describes the determining factors in marine ecosystem modifications
- Contributes to the topical discussion on global environmental changes
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences (GEPS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book contributes to the current discussion on global environmental changes by discussing modifications in marine ecosystems related to global climate changes. In marine ecosystems, rising atmospheric CO2 and climate changes are associated with shifts in temperature, circulation, stratification, nutrient input, oxygen concentration and ocean acidification, which have significant biological effects on a regional and global scale.
Knowing how these changes affect the distribution and abundance of plankton in the ocean currents is crucial to our understanding of how climate change impacts the marine environment.
Ocean temperatures, weather and climatic changes greatly influence the amount and location of nutrients in the water column. If temperatures and currents change, the plankton production cycle may not coincide with the reproduction cycle of fish.
The above changes are closely related to the changes in radiative forcing, which initiate feedback mechanisms like changes in surface temperature, circulation, and atmospheric chemistry.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Impact of Climate Changes on Marine Environments
Editors: Tymon Zielinski, Marcin Weslawski, Karol Kuliński
Series Title: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14283-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-14282-1Published: 04 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36012-6Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14283-8Published: 28 January 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5193
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5207
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 148
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oceanography, Environmental Science and Engineering, Climate Change
Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment