Regime Changes in Global Sea Surface Salinity Trend

Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L.; Smith, Keston W.; Kalra, Tarandeep S.

doi:10.3390/jmse5040057

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“…Since AR5, new and extended multi-decadal analyses have strengthened the observational support for increased contrast between high and low near-surface salinity regions and inter-basin contrast since the mid-20th century (Section 9.2.2.2; Durack and Wijffels, 2010;Good et al, 2013;Skliris et al, 2014;Aretxabaleta et al, 2017;Cheng et al, 2020). These analyses employ different statistical algorithms for interpolation, and only 1.3.5 and 8.3.1.1).…”

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“…These analyses employ different statistical algorithms for interpolation, and only 1.3.5 and 8.3.1.1). However, this assessment is complicated by changing observational techniques (Section 1.5.1), temporally and spatially inhomogeneous sampling and uncertainties in interpolation algorithms and the substantial influence of modes of natural variabiltity and ocean circulation processes over interannual timescales (Skliris et al, 2014;Durack, 2015;Grist et al, 2016;Aretxabaleta et al, 2017;Vinogradova and Ponte, 2017;Liu et al, 2020). Following AR5, based on the updated analysis from Durack and Wijffels (2010) which infills in situ gaps to recover large-scale patterns the mean salinity contrast between high-and low-near-surface salinity regions increased by 0.14 [0.07 to 0.20] from 1950 to 2019.…”

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Section: Ocean Salinitymentioning

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“…Differences in osmotic pressure impede marine–freshwater transitions, and as a consequence, transitions are generally rare, occur on longer evolutionary timescales [ 2 , 3 ], and have led to repeated bursts of diversification in freshwater environments [ 4 ]. Identifying the processes underlying marine–freshwater habitat transitions is fundamental to our understanding of lineage diversification and habitat structuring on evolutionary timescales [ 5 ], as well as short-term adaptive potential to climate change as melting ice caps, altered precipitation patterns, and changes in oceanic currents result in freshening of large regions and local changes in the seasonal or annual cycling of salinity regimes [ 6 , 7 ]. Permanent establishment of ancestrally marine organisms in freshwaters depends on the ability of individual colonists to survive the initial hypoosmotic stress, acclimate to low salinity, and ultimately adapt to their new environment [ 8 ].…”

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Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline

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The salinity gradient separating marine and freshwater environments represents a major ecological divide for microbiota, yet the mechanisms by which marine microbes have adapted to and ultimately diversified in freshwater environments are poorly understood. Here, we take advantage of a natural evolutionary experiment: the colonization of the brackish Baltic Sea by the ancestrally marine diatom Skeletonema marinoi. To understand how diatoms respond to low salinity, we characterized transcriptomic responses of acclimated S. marinoi grown in a common garden. Our experiment included eight strains from source populations spanning the Baltic Sea salinity cline. Gene expression analysis revealed that low salinities induced changes in the cellular metabolism of S. marinoi, including upregulation of photosynthesis and storage compound biosynthesis, increased nutrient demand, and a complex response to oxidative stress. However, the strain effect overshadowed the salinity effect, as strains differed significantly in their response, both regarding the strength and the strategy (direction of gene expression) of their response. The high degree of intraspecific variation in gene expression observed here highlights an important but often overlooked source of biological variation associated with how diatoms respond to environmental change.

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“…A multidecadal study on linear trends of global ocean salinity patterns (Durack and Wijffels, 2010) reported surface salinity increases in all oceans, especially at evaporation-dominated subtropical gyres. A more recent study (Aretxabaleta et al, 2017), also reports salinification of the Atlantic Ocean consistent with CC-induced changes in global hydrological cycle. Future SLR-scenarios for estuaries around the world include increases in estuarine salinity, estuarine water residence time, tide range, stratification, and tidal prism volume (Costa et al, 2023).…”

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Potential challenges for the restoration of Biscayne Bay (Florida, USA) in the face of climate change effects revealed with predictive models

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Kelble

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Ocean & Coastal Management

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Regime Changes in Global Sea Surface Salinity Trend

Cited by 10 publications

References 53 publications

Changing State of the Climate System

Changing State of the Climate System

Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline

Potential challenges for the restoration of Biscayne Bay (Florida, USA) in the face of climate change effects revealed with predictive models

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