Climate change impacts on marine ecosystems through the lens of the size spectrum.

摘要: Climate change is a complex global issue that driving countless shifts in the structure and function of marine ecosystems. To better understand these shifts, many processes need to be considered, yet they are often approached from incompatible perspectives. This article reviews one relatively simple, integrated perspective: abundance-size spectrum. We introduce topic with brief review some ways climate expected impact ecosystem according numerical models while acknowledging limits understanding posed by models. then how size spectrum offers simple conceptual alternative, given its regular power law size-frequency distribution when viewed on sufficiently broad scales. further explore anticipated physical aspects might manifest themselves through changes elevation, slope regularity spectrum, exposing mechanistic questions about structure, as well organism physiology ecological interactions respond multiple climatic stressors. Despite application modellers fisheries scientists, perspective not widely used tool for monitoring adaptation change, providing major opportunity research.