Patterns of association between algae, fishes and grey herons Ardea cinerea in the rocky littoral zone of a Scottish sea loch

Carss, David N.; Elston, David A.

doi:10.1016/s0272-7714(03)00079-9

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“…In the Canaries, Grey Herons often feed at agricultural ponds, but the physical characteristics of the majority of these reservoirs, which are usually deep with steep high banks, hinder fish capture (Draulans 1987, Voisin 1991. On marine shores, other species of fishes are available, but unlike more northern latitudes , Carss & Elston 2003, the Grey Heron practically does not use this habitat as a foraging site in Tenerife (pers. obs.).…”

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Seasonal Diet of the Grey HeronArdea cinereaon an Oceanic Island (Tenerife, Canary Islands): Indirect Interaction with Wild Seed Plants

Rodríguez¹,

Rodríguez²,

Rumeu³

et al. 2007

Acta Ornithologica

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Section: Composition Diet and Seasonal Variationmentioning

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Seasonal Diet of the Grey HeronArdea cinereaon an Oceanic Island (Tenerife, Canary Islands): Indirect Interaction with Wild Seed Plants

Rodríguez¹,

Rodríguez²,

Rumeu³

et al. 2007

Acta Ornithologica

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“…); and (2) seaweed species are foundational ‘ecosystem engineers’ (sensu Jones et al. ), providing food, habitat, and protection for a diverse range of species in the intertidal (Carss and Elston ; Christie et al. ; Harley et al.…”

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“…Canopy-forming seaweeds provide an ideal system to predict the impact of climate change on rocky shore ecosystems, because: (1) seaweed distribution depends directly on temperature isotherms (Breeman 1990;Jueterbock et al 2013); and (2) seaweed species are foundational 'ecosystem engineers' (sensu Jones et al 1994), providing food, habitat, and protection for a diverse range of species in the intertidal (Carss and Elston 2003;Christie et al 2009;Harley et al 2012). Marine macroalgae are also important carbon sinks, sequestering worldwide up to 0.46-2.55 pg (1 pg = 10 12 kg) of carbon year À1 (reviewed in Mineur et al 2015).…”

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The fate of the Arctic seaweed Fucus distichus under climate change: an ecological niche modeling approach

Jueterbock

Smolina

Coyer

et al. 2016

Ecology and Evolution

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Rising temperatures are predicted to melt all perennial ice cover in the Arctic by the end of this century, thus opening up suitable habitat for temperate and subarctic species. Canopy-forming seaweeds provide an ideal system to predict the potential impact of climate-change on rocky-shore ecosystems, given their direct dependence on temperature and their key role in the ecological system. Our primary objective was to predict the climate-change induced range-shift of Fucus distichus, the dominant canopy-forming macroalga in the Arctic and subarctic rocky intertidal. More specifically, we asked: which Arctic/subarctic and cold-temperate shores of the northern hemisphere will display the greatest distributional change of F. distichus and how will this affect niche overlap with seaweeds from temperate regions? We used the program MAXENT to develop correlative ecological niche models with dominant range-limiting factors and 169 occurrence records. Using three climate-change scenarios, we projected habitat suitability of F. distichus -and its niche overlap with three dominant temperate macroalgae -until year 2200. Maximum sea surface temperature was identified as the most important factor in limiting the fundamental niche of F. distichus. Rising temperatures were predicted to have low impact on the species' southern distribution limits, but to shift its northern distribution limits poleward into the high Arctic. In cold-temperate to subarctic regions, new areas of niche overlap were predicted between F. distichus and intertidal macroalgae immigrating from the south. While climate-change threatens intertidal seaweeds in warm-temperate regions, seaweed meadows will likely flourish in the Arctic intertidal. Although this enriches biodiversity and opens up new seaweed-harvesting grounds, it will also trigger unpredictable changes in the structure and functioning of the Arctic intertidal ecosystem.

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“…). They increase the habitable surface by at least a factor of four (Boaden ) and provide food and habitat that support a complex food web (Carss and Elston ; Gollety et al. ).…”

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Climate change impact on seaweed meadow distribution in the North Atlantic rocky intertidal

Jueterbock

Tyberghein

Verbruggen

et al. 2013

Ecology and Evolution

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The North-Atlantic has warmed faster than all other ocean basins and climate change scenarios predict sea surface temperature isotherms to shift up to 600 km northwards by the end of the 21st century. The pole-ward shift has already begun for many temperate seaweed species that are important intertidal foundation species. We asked the question: Where will climate change have the greatest impact on three foundational, macroalgal species that occur along North-Atlantic shores: Fucus serratus, Fucus vesiculosus, and Ascophyllum nodosum? To predict distributional changes of these key species under three IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) climate change scenarios (A2, A1B, and B1) over the coming two centuries, we generated Ecological Niche Models with the program MAXENT. Model predictions suggest that these three species will shift northwards as an assemblage or “unit” and that phytogeographic changes will be most pronounced in the southern Arctic and the southern temperate provinces. Our models predict that Arctic shores in Canada, Greenland, and Spitsbergen will become suitable for all three species by 2100. Shores south of 45° North will become unsuitable for at least two of the three focal species on both the Northwest- and Northeast-Atlantic coasts by 2200. If these foundational species are unable to adapt to the rising temperatures, they will lose their centers of genetic diversity and their loss will trigger an unpredictable shift in the North-Atlantic intertidal ecosystem.

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Patterns of association between algae, fishes and grey herons Ardea cinerea in the rocky littoral zone of a Scottish sea loch

Cited by 8 publications

References 15 publications

Seasonal Diet of the Grey HeronArdea cinereaon an Oceanic Island (Tenerife, Canary Islands): Indirect Interaction with Wild Seed Plants

Seasonal Diet of the Grey HeronArdea cinereaon an Oceanic Island (Tenerife, Canary Islands): Indirect Interaction with Wild Seed Plants

The fate of the Arctic seaweed Fucus distichus under climate change: an ecological niche modeling approach

Climate change impact on seaweed meadow distribution in the North Atlantic rocky intertidal

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