Regime change: when and how do ecological subordinates turn dominant?

该项目旨在通过开发预测变化的机制模型来弥合海带林物种生理学和生态学之间的差距，并以前所未有的步骤在自然酸化地点进行长期实验，以了解海洋酸化（OA）和变暖对海带林的影响。生态系统变化是物理和化学环境年代际变化的频繁结果。虽然这些变化通常涉及到生产状态的退化，但我们对驱动变化的机制了解甚少。据预测，海洋系统中的关键压力因素，OA和变暖会导致海带森林的损失，但我们仍然不了解这些预测的现实。

This project aims to bridge the gap between physiology and ecology in kelp forest species by developing mechanistic models to predict change and, in an unprecedented step, test them in long-term experiments at naturally acidified sites to understand the consequences of ocean acidification (OA) and warming for kelp forests. Ecosystem change is a frequent outcome of decadal modifications of the physical and chemical environment. Whilst these changes often involve degradation from productive states, we have a poor understanding of the mechanisms which drive change. Key stressors in marine systems, OA and warming are predicted to drive loss of kelp forests but we still don't understand the reality of these predictions.