Marine biodiversity conservation in a changing climate

气候变化是海洋生命的一个严重问题，但人们对物种和生态群落对海洋变暖和酸化等气候相关威胁的反应知之甚少。此外，在环境变化的同时，几乎没有保护物种的海洋保护战略。 我的研究计划的长期目标是提供海洋保护科学的突破，以了解和更好地管理气候变化，物种和生态社区的反应，和保护战略的交叉点。在接下来的五年里，我的短期目标是研究气候变化和其他压力因素对加拿大太平洋沃茨海洋物种和生态群落的影响，以改善海洋保护。我将实现这一短期目标-并朝着我的长期目标前进-通过努力实现三个相互关联的研究目标，综合新的和现有的数据，创造方法创新，参与土著合作伙伴，并提供政策选择：（1）描述加拿大太平洋沃茨过去和未来气候变化的模式;（2）评估物种和生态群落对气候相关和其他压力的反应;（3）将这些空间动态和相互作用纳入保护战略。研究将在加拿大的太平洋沃茨进行，因为该地区极易受到气候变化的影响。我们-我和HQP -将通过使用和创新最新的地理信息系统（GIS）技术来描述与气候相关的变化模式。卫星图像可用来描述近几十年的变化，而缩小尺度的气候预测可提供未来的预期变化。基于我的团队过去在绘制累积影响方面的方法创新，我们将分析气候变化和其他压力因素之间的相互作用。我们将分析在过去10年中收集的观测数据，再加上土著人民的长期观测（历史海洋生态学），以了解物种和生态群落对变化的反应。在地方一级，我们将与沿海第一民族合作。这项研究将提供物种和生态群落对气候变化和其他压力的反应的新综合，从而帮助科学家了解生态变化，为决策者提供有效的保护战略和政策的选择，并让公众参与自然对变化的迷人和多样的反应。由于加拿大努力成为海洋保护的领导者，掌握气候变化的影响及其与其他压力因素对物种和生态群落的相互作用至关重要。该研究计划将引领加拿大海洋保护的未来-通过科学，与土著人民的伙伴关系，政策建议和培训HQP的多样化群体。

Climate change is a serious concern for life in the oceans, yet relatively little is known about the responses of species and ecological communities to climate-related threats like ocean warming and acidification. Moreover, few marine conservation strategies exist to protect species while their environment is changing. The long-term goal of my research program is to provide breakthroughs in marine conservation science to understand and better manage the intersection of climate change, species' and ecological communities' responses, and conservation strategies. Over the next five years, my short-term goal is to study the effects of climate change and other stressors on marine species and ecological communities in Canada's Pacific waters in order to improve marine conservation. I will achieve this short-term goal - and advance towards my long-term goal - by working towards three interrelated research objectives that synthesize new and existing data, create methodological innovations, engage Indigenous partners, and provide policy options: (1) Characterize patterns of past and future climate change in Canada's Pacific waters; (2) Evaluate responses of species and ecological communities to climate-related and other stressors; and (3) Incorporate these spatial dynamics and interactions into conservation strategies. Research will be carried out in Canada's Pacific waters because of the region's high vulnerability to climate change. We - myself and HQP - will characterize patterns of climate-related change by using and innovating the latest geographic information systems (GIS) technology. Satellite imagery allows characterization of recent decades of change, and downscaled climate projections provide anticipated future change. Building on my group's past methodological innovations in mapping cumulative impacts, we will analyze interactions between climate change and other stressors. We will analyze observational data that has been collected over the past ~10 years, coupled with longer-term observations by Indigenous peoples (historical marine ecology), to understand species' and ecological communities' responses to change. At local scales, we will partner with coastal First Nations. This research will provide novel syntheses of species' and ecological communities' responses to climate change and other stressors, thereby assisting scientists' understanding of ecological change, offering policymakers options for effective conservation strategies and policies, and engaging the public in the fascinating and diverse responses of nature to change. As Canada strives to be a leader in marine conservation, grasping the effects of climate change and its interaction with other stressors on species and ecological communities is essential. This research program will lead the future of marine conservation in Canada - through science, partnerships with Indigenous peoples, policy recommendations, and training a diverse group of HQP.