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dc.contributor.authorDegen, Renate
dc.contributor.authorAune, Magnus
dc.contributor.authorBluhm, Bodil
dc.contributor.authorCassidy, Camilla
dc.contributor.authorKędra, Monika
dc.contributor.authorKraan, Casper
dc.contributor.authorVandepitte, Leen
dc.contributor.authorWłodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria
dc.contributor.authorZhulay, Irina
dc.contributor.authorAlbano, Paolo G.
dc.contributor.authorBremner, Julie
dc.contributor.authorGrebmeier, Jacqueline M.
dc.contributor.authorLink, Heike
dc.contributor.authorMorata, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorNordström, Marie C.
dc.contributor.authorShojaei, Mehdi Ghodrati
dc.contributor.authorSutton, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorZuschin, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-13T11:38:22Z
dc.date.available2019-02-13T11:38:22Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-30
dc.description.abstractPolar marine regions are facing rapid changes induced by climate change, with consequences for local faunal populations, but also for overall ecosystem functioning, goods and services. Yet given the complexity of polar marine ecosystems, predicting the mode, direction and extent of these consequences remains challenging. Trait-based approaches are increasingly adopted as a tool by which to explore changes in functioning, but trait information is largely absent for the high latitudes. Some understanding of trait–function relationships can be gathered from studies at lower latitudes, but given the uniqueness of polar ecosystems it is questionable whether these relationships can be directly transferred. Here we discuss the challenges of using trait-based approaches in polar regions and present a roadmap of how to overcome them by following six interlinked steps: (1) forming an active, international research network, (2) standardizing terminology and methodology, (3) building and crosslinking trait databases, (4) conducting coordinated trait-function experiments, (5) implementing traits into models, and finally, (6) providing advice to management and stakeholders. The application of trait-based approaches in addition to traditional species-based methods will enable us to assess the effects of rapid ongoing changes on the functioning of marine polar ecosystems. Implementing our roadmap will make these approaches more easily accessible to a broad community of users and consequently aid understanding of the future polar oceans.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Austrian Science Fund The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie action The Polish-Norwegian Research Program The Polish National Science Centre Cefas MyTime project The U.S. National Science Foundation LifeWatch The EMODnet Biology Utenriksdepartementeten_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.050> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.050</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDegen, R., Aune, M., Bluhm, B., Cassidy, C., Kędra, M., Kraan, C., ... Zuschin, M. (2018). Trait-based approaches in rapidly changing ecosystems: A roadmap to the future polar oceans. <i>Ecological Indicators, 91</i>, 722-736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.050en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1589382
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.050
dc.identifier.issn1470-160X
dc.identifier.issn1872-7034
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14685
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.relation.journalEcological Indicators
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488en_US
dc.subjectFunctional traitsen_US
dc.subjectMarineen_US
dc.subjectPolar regionsen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectEcosystem functioningen_US
dc.subjectTrait databaseen_US
dc.titleTrait-based approaches in rapidly changing ecosystems: A roadmap to the future polar oceansen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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