When and where are temperate reef communities vulnerable to ocean warming?

该项目将在实验室和实地测试海洋变暖何时何地将超过海洋物种的温度极限，以及为什么某些物种对变暖的温度比其他物种更敏感。该项目期望对不同物种范围的种群之间的温度敏感性变化进行可靠的估计，并确定在不同关键物种之间的温度限制不同的地区，栖息地丧失的生态影响。预期的结果包括增强检测脆弱热点出现的时间和地点的能力，这些热点可能危及澳大利亚温带珊瑚礁的巨大社会、生态和经济价值，澳大利亚70%的澳大利亚人居住在这些珊瑚礁周围，沿着8000公里的海岸线。

This project will test in the laboratory and the field, when and where ocean warming will exceed the thermal limits of marine species and why certain species show greater sensitivity to warming temperatures than others. This project expects to generate robust estimates about how temperature sensitivity varies between populations across species’ ranges and identify the ecological implications for habitat loss in areas where thermal limits differ between key species. Expected outcomes include an enhanced capacity to detect when and where vulnerability hotspots will emerge that could jeopardise the immense social, ecological, and economic value of Australia’s temperate reefs, next to which 70% of Australians live, along 8,000 km of coastline.