Interactive effects of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems
Coastal ecosystems are increasingly experiencing anthropogenic pressures such as climate warming, CO2 increase, metal and organic pollution, overfishing, and resource extraction. Some resulting stressors are more direct like pollution and fisheries, and others more indirect like ocean acidification,...
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| author | Shubham Krishna Shubham Krishna Carsten Lemmen Serra Örey Serra Örey Serra Örey Jennifer Rehren Julien Di Pane Moritz Mathis Miriam Püts Sascha Hokamp Himansu Kesari Pradhan Himansu Kesari Pradhan Matthias Hasenbein Jürgen Scheffran Kai W. Wirtz |
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| description | Coastal ecosystems are increasingly experiencing anthropogenic pressures such as climate warming, CO2 increase, metal and organic pollution, overfishing, and resource extraction. Some resulting stressors are more direct like pollution and fisheries, and others more indirect like ocean acidification, yet they jointly affect marine biota, communities, and entire ecosystems. While single-stressor effects have been widely investigated, the interactive effects of multiple stressors on ecosystems are less researched. In this study, we review the literature on multiple stressors and their interactive effects in coastal environments across organisms. We classify the interactions into three categories: synergistic, additive, and antagonistic. We found phytoplankton and bivalves to be the most studied taxonomic groups. Climate warming is identified as the most dominant stressor which, in combination, with other stressors such as ocean acidification, eutrophication, and metal pollution exacerbate adverse effects on physiological traits such as growth rate, fitness, basal respiration, and size. Phytoplankton appears to be most sensitive to interactions between warming, metal and nutrient pollution. In warm and nutrient-enriched environments, the presence of metals considerably affects the uptake of nutrients, and increases respiration costs and toxin production in phytoplankton. For bivalves, warming and low pH are the most lethal stressors. The combined effect of heat stress and ocean acidification leads to decreased growth rate, shell size, and acid-base regulation capacity in bivalves. However, for a holistic understanding of how coastal food webs will evolve with ongoing changes, we suggest more research on ecosystem-level responses. This can be achieved by combining in-situ observations from controlled environments (e.g. mesocosm experiments) with modelling approaches. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d30236f0d0114d649851067980bc811b2025-01-16T09:50:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452025-01-011110.3389/fmars.2024.14817341481734Interactive effects of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystemsShubham Krishna0Shubham Krishna1Carsten Lemmen2Serra Örey3Serra Örey4Serra Örey5Jennifer Rehren6Julien Di Pane7Moritz Mathis8Miriam Püts9Sascha Hokamp10Himansu Kesari Pradhan11Himansu Kesari Pradhan12Matthias Hasenbein13Jürgen Scheffran14Kai W. Wirtz15Ocean BioGeosciences, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United KingdomEcosystem Modelling Group, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, GermanyEcosystem Modelling Group, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, GermanyHochschule Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, GermanyJohann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bremerhaven, GermanySchool of Mathematics and Science, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, GermanyJohann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bremerhaven, GermanyElectricité de France EDF, Paris, FranceEcosystem Modelling Group, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, GermanyJohann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bremerhaven, GermanyInstitute of Geography, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, GermanyEcosystem Modelling Group, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, GermanyAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, GermanyBundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Geography, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, GermanyEcosystem Modelling Group, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, GermanyCoastal ecosystems are increasingly experiencing anthropogenic pressures such as climate warming, CO2 increase, metal and organic pollution, overfishing, and resource extraction. Some resulting stressors are more direct like pollution and fisheries, and others more indirect like ocean acidification, yet they jointly affect marine biota, communities, and entire ecosystems. While single-stressor effects have been widely investigated, the interactive effects of multiple stressors on ecosystems are less researched. In this study, we review the literature on multiple stressors and their interactive effects in coastal environments across organisms. We classify the interactions into three categories: synergistic, additive, and antagonistic. We found phytoplankton and bivalves to be the most studied taxonomic groups. Climate warming is identified as the most dominant stressor which, in combination, with other stressors such as ocean acidification, eutrophication, and metal pollution exacerbate adverse effects on physiological traits such as growth rate, fitness, basal respiration, and size. Phytoplankton appears to be most sensitive to interactions between warming, metal and nutrient pollution. In warm and nutrient-enriched environments, the presence of metals considerably affects the uptake of nutrients, and increases respiration costs and toxin production in phytoplankton. For bivalves, warming and low pH are the most lethal stressors. The combined effect of heat stress and ocean acidification leads to decreased growth rate, shell size, and acid-base regulation capacity in bivalves. However, for a holistic understanding of how coastal food webs will evolve with ongoing changes, we suggest more research on ecosystem-level responses. This can be achieved by combining in-situ observations from controlled environments (e.g. mesocosm experiments) with modelling approaches.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1481734/fullclimate-stressorsanthropogenic-stressorsclimate-changeglobal-changenon-additive-effectscoastal-foodweb |
| spellingShingle | Shubham Krishna Shubham Krishna Carsten Lemmen Serra Örey Serra Örey Serra Örey Jennifer Rehren Julien Di Pane Moritz Mathis Miriam Püts Sascha Hokamp Himansu Kesari Pradhan Himansu Kesari Pradhan Matthias Hasenbein Jürgen Scheffran Kai W. Wirtz Interactive effects of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems Frontiers in Marine Science climate-stressors anthropogenic-stressors climate-change global-change non-additive-effects coastal-foodweb |
| title | Interactive effects of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems |
| title_full | Interactive effects of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems |
| title_fullStr | Interactive effects of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interactive effects of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems |
| title_short | Interactive effects of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems |
| title_sort | interactive effects of multiple stressors in coastal ecosystems |
| topic | climate-stressors anthropogenic-stressors climate-change global-change non-additive-effects coastal-foodweb |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1481734/full |
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