Biogeochemical consequences of a changing Arctic shelf seafloor ecosystem
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Yn: AMBIO, Cyfrol 51, Rhif 2, 02.2022, t. 370–382.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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T1 - Biogeochemical consequences of a changing Arctic shelf seafloor ecosystem
AU - Marz, Christian
AU - Freitas, Felipe
AU - Faust, Johan
AU - Godbold, Jasmin
AU - Henley, Sian
AU - Tessin, Allyson
AU - Arndt, Sandra
AU - Barnes, David
AU - Grange, Laura
AU - Gray, Neil
AU - Head, Ian
AU - Hendry, Katharine
AU - Hilton, Robert
AU - Reed, Adam
AU - Rhul, Saskia
AU - Solan, Martin
AU - Souster, Terri
AU - Stevenson, Mark
AU - Tait, Karen
AU - Widdicombe, Stephen
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Unprecedented and dramatic transformations are occurring in the Arctic in response to climate change, but academic, public, and political discourse has disproportionately focussed on the most visible and direct aspects of change, including sea ice melt, permafrost thaw, the fate of charismatic megafauna, and the expansion of fisheries. Such narratives disregard the importance of less visible and indirect processes and, in particular, miss the substantive contribution of the shelf seafloor in regulating nutrients and sequestering carbon. Here, we summarise the biogeochemical functioning of the Arctic shelf seafloor before considering how climate change and regional adjustments to human activities may alter its biogeochemical and ecological dynamics, including ecosystem function, carbon burial, or nutrient recycling. We highlight the importance of the Arctic benthic system in mitigating climatic and anthropogenic change and, with a focus on the Barents Sea, offer some observations and our perspectives on future management and policy.
AB - Unprecedented and dramatic transformations are occurring in the Arctic in response to climate change, but academic, public, and political discourse has disproportionately focussed on the most visible and direct aspects of change, including sea ice melt, permafrost thaw, the fate of charismatic megafauna, and the expansion of fisheries. Such narratives disregard the importance of less visible and indirect processes and, in particular, miss the substantive contribution of the shelf seafloor in regulating nutrients and sequestering carbon. Here, we summarise the biogeochemical functioning of the Arctic shelf seafloor before considering how climate change and regional adjustments to human activities may alter its biogeochemical and ecological dynamics, including ecosystem function, carbon burial, or nutrient recycling. We highlight the importance of the Arctic benthic system in mitigating climatic and anthropogenic change and, with a focus on the Barents Sea, offer some observations and our perspectives on future management and policy.
KW - Arctic Ocean
KW - Biogeochemistry
KW - Carbon
KW - Ecology
KW - Nutrients
KW - trawling
U2 - 10.1007/s13280-021-01638-3
DO - 10.1007/s13280-021-01638-3
M3 - Article
VL - 51
SP - 370
EP - 382
JO - AMBIO
JF - AMBIO
SN - 0044-7447
IS - 2
ER -