Coastal tropicalisation – adapting to novel ecosystems and trajectories

该项目旨在量化气候变化对温带珊瑚礁关键生态系统功能的影响。随着全球温带珊瑚礁对海洋变暖做出反应，标志性的、具有重要经济意义的海藻森林以及相关的鱼类和无脊椎动物正在丧失。新的群落和前所未见的物种形态正在这些系统中出现。该项目旨在描述这些新系统的新动态，并提供对如何维持关键生态系统功能--初级生产力、鱼类产量--的理解，这些功能是人类从我们的海岸线获得好处的基础。

This project aims to quantify the impacts of a changing climate on key ecosystem functions of temperate reefs. As global temperate reefs respond to ocean warming, iconic and economically important kelp forests and associated fishes and invertebrates are being lost. Novel communities and never-before seen configurations of species are emerging in these systems. This project aims to characterise the new dynamics of these novel systems, and provide an understanding of how to maintain key ecosystem functions - primary productivity, fish production - that underpin the benefits that humans derive from our coastlines.