Functional roles and redundancy of demersal Barents Sea fish: ecological implications of environmental change

When facing environmental change and intensified anthropogenic impact on marine ecosystems, extensive knowledge of how these systems are functioning is required in order to manage them properly. However, in high-latitude ecosystems, where climate change is expected to have substantial ecological imp...

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Autores: Aune, Magnus, Aschan, Michaela Maria, Greenacre, Michael, Dolgov, Andrey V., Fossheim, Maria, Primicerio, Raul
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Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207451
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Palabra clave:Sea water
Ecosystem functioning
Fish
Marine ecosystems
Marine fish
Ecosystems
Elasmobranchii
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title Functional roles and redundancy of demersal Barents Sea fish: ecological implications of environmental change
spellingShingle Functional roles and redundancy of demersal Barents Sea fish: ecological implications of environmental change
Aune, Magnus
Sea water
Ecosystem functioning
Fish
Marine ecosystems
Marine fish
Ecosystems
Elasmobranchii
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title_short Functional roles and redundancy of demersal Barents Sea fish: ecological implications of environmental change
title_full Functional roles and redundancy of demersal Barents Sea fish: ecological implications of environmental change
title_fullStr Functional roles and redundancy of demersal Barents Sea fish: ecological implications of environmental change
title_full_unstemmed Functional roles and redundancy of demersal Barents Sea fish: ecological implications of environmental change
title_sort Functional roles and redundancy of demersal Barents Sea fish: ecological implications of environmental change
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aune, Magnus
Aschan, Michaela Maria
Greenacre, Michael
Dolgov, Andrey V.
Fossheim, Maria
Primicerio, Raul
author Aune, Magnus
author_facet Aune, Magnus
Aschan, Michaela Maria
Greenacre, Michael
Dolgov, Andrey V.
Fossheim, Maria
Primicerio, Raul
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Greenacre, Michael
Dolgov, Andrey V.
Fossheim, Maria
Primicerio, Raul
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sea water
Ecosystem functioning
Fish
Marine ecosystems
Marine fish
Ecosystems
Elasmobranchii
Cod
topic Sea water
Ecosystem functioning
Fish
Marine ecosystems
Marine fish
Ecosystems
Elasmobranchii
Cod
description When facing environmental change and intensified anthropogenic impact on marine ecosystems, extensive knowledge of how these systems are functioning is required in order to manage them properly. However, in high-latitude ecosystems, where climate change is expected to have substantial ecological impact, the ecosystem functions of biological species have received little attention, partly due to the limited biological knowledge of Arctic species. Functional traits address the ecosystem functions of member species, allowing the functionality of communities to be characterised and the degree of functional redundancy to be assessed. Ecosystems with higher functional redundancy are expected to be less affected by species loss, and therefore less sensitive to disturbance. Here we highlight and compare typical functional characteristics of Arctic and boreal fish in the Barents Sea and address the consequences of a community-wide reorganization driven by climate warming on functional redundancy and characterization. Based on trait and fish community composition data, we assessed functional redundancy of the Barents Sea fish community for the period 2004–2012, a period during which this northern region was characterized by rapidly warming water masses and declining sea ice coverage. We identified six functional groups, with distinct spatial distributions, that collectively provide a functional characterization of Barents Sea fish. The functional groups displayed different prevalence in boreal and Arctic water masses. Some functional groups displayed a spatial expansion towards the northeast during the study period, whereas other groups showed a general decline in functional redundancy. Presently, the observed patterns of functional redundancy would seem to provide sufficient scope for buffering against local loss in functional diversity only for the more speciose functional groups. Furthermore, the observed functional reconfiguration may affect future ecosystem functioning in the area. In a period of rapid environmental change, monitoring programs integrating functional traits will help inform management on ecosystem functioning and vulnerability.
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spelling Functional roles and redundancy of demersal Barents Sea fish: ecological implications of environmental changeAune, MagnusAschan, Michaela MariaGreenacre, MichaelDolgov, Andrey V.Fossheim, MariaPrimicerio, RaulSea waterEcosystem functioningFishMarine ecosystemsMarine fishEcosystemsElasmobranchiiCodWhen facing environmental change and intensified anthropogenic impact on marine ecosystems, extensive knowledge of how these systems are functioning is required in order to manage them properly. However, in high-latitude ecosystems, where climate change is expected to have substantial ecological impact, the ecosystem functions of biological species have received little attention, partly due to the limited biological knowledge of Arctic species. Functional traits address the ecosystem functions of member species, allowing the functionality of communities to be characterised and the degree of functional redundancy to be assessed. Ecosystems with higher functional redundancy are expected to be less affected by species loss, and therefore less sensitive to disturbance. Here we highlight and compare typical functional characteristics of Arctic and boreal fish in the Barents Sea and address the consequences of a community-wide reorganization driven by climate warming on functional redundancy and characterization. Based on trait and fish community composition data, we assessed functional redundancy of the Barents Sea fish community for the period 2004–2012, a period during which this northern region was characterized by rapidly warming water masses and declining sea ice coverage. We identified six functional groups, with distinct spatial distributions, that collectively provide a functional characterization of Barents Sea fish. The functional groups displayed different prevalence in boreal and Arctic water masses. Some functional groups displayed a spatial expansion towards the northeast during the study period, whereas other groups showed a general decline in functional redundancy. Presently, the observed patterns of functional redundancy would seem to provide sufficient scope for buffering against local loss in functional diversity only for the more speciose functional groups. Furthermore, the observed functional reconfiguration may affect future ecosystem functioning in the area. In a period of rapid environmental change, monitoring programs integrating functional traits will help inform management on ecosystem functioning and vulnerability.This is a contribution to the VULRES project financed by the Fram Centre flagship MIKON (to MA, RP and MF), the European Horizon 2020 project ClimeFish 677039 (to MMA, RP and MF), and the project A transatlantic innovation arena for sustainable development in the Arctic (CoArc), funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (to MA and RP). The affiliation of MA is Akvaplan-niva AS. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Akvaplan-niva AS is an approved Norwegian research institute owned by the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, the latter being a foundation owned by the Norwegian government. Akvaplan-niva AS is therefore not a commercial organization. The funders provided support in the form of salaries for authors MA, RP, MF and MMA, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.Public Library of Science (PLoS)202020202018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/44845http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207451reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésPLoS One. 2018 Nov 21;13(11):e0207451info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/677039© 2018 Aune et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/448452026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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