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dc.contributor.authorPolo Sainz, Julia
dc.contributor.authorPunzón, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorHidalgo, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorPecuchet, Laurene Anne Marie
dc.contributor.authorSainz-Bariáin, Marta
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Irusta, José Manuel
dc.contributor.authorEsteban, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorGarcía, Encarnación
dc.contributor.authorVivas, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGil de Sola, Luis
dc.contributor.authorLópez-López, Lucía
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T07:44:50Z
dc.date.available2024-09-24T07:44:50Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-12
dc.description.abstractClimate change is triggering shifts in species distribution eventually altering communities’ biogeography. The composition of a community in terms of its species’ ecological niche informs of a community’s response to environmental conditions and impacts, which is central for a timely conservation. While the thermal niche has been widely explored, given it offers a direct link of warming effects on an assemblage, acknowledging the multivariate nature of a species niche can provide relevant insights of the reorganizations taking place at a community-level. We studied the mean and variance of 10 ecological traits at the community level in two regional ecosystems in the temperate East-Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, characterized by a distinct exposure to warming. Our findings revealed major temporal changes and spatial structuring in the traits and ranges explored over the last decades. Apart from confirming the expected general poleward, deep-ward shift, our results highlighted a widening of thermal and latitudinal ranges, possibly related to a ‘flexibilitation’ of the communities in a context of global change. In addition, temporal patterns reflected how communities have adjusted around regime shifts known in both areas. Regional differences arose concerning the variance of depth ranges and area of distribution, as well as to the global evolution of the communities, which we argue are consequence of their different geographical features and ecological history. The comparison of two large multitaxon assemblages has disclosed a broad-scale motion of response to warming in the bentho-demersal domain. We expect this study will contribute to the understanding of the multivariate nature of global-change effects on marine fauna, which ultimately informs adaptive management.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPolo Sainz, Punzón, Hidalgo, Pecuchet, Sainz-Bariáin, González-Irusta, Esteban, García, Vivas, Gil de Sola, López-López. Community's ecological traits reflect spatio-temporal variability of climate change impacts. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 2024;23en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2280284
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.indic.2024.100421
dc.identifier.issn2665-9727
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/34838
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleCommunity's ecological traits reflect spatio-temporal variability of climate change impactsen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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