Winter climate change and coastal wetland foundation species: salt marshes vs. mangrove forests in the southeastern United States

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1482-1494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Osland ◽  
Nicholas Enwright ◽  
Richard H. Day ◽  
Thomas W. Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Coastal Wetland ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Foundation Species ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Winter Climate ◽  
Winter Climate Change

scholarly journals Foundation species' overlap enhances biodiversity and multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale in southeastern United States salt marshes

2015 ◽  
Vol 282 (1811) ◽  
pp. 20150421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Angelini ◽  
Tjisse van der Heide ◽  
John N. Griffin ◽  
Joseph P. Morton ◽  
Marlous Derksen-Hooijberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Landscape Scale ◽  
Foundation Species ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Species Overlap ◽  
Ecosystem Multifunctionality

Although there is mounting evidence that biodiversity is an important and widespread driver of ecosystem multifunctionality, much of this research has focused on small-scale biodiversity manipulations. Hence, which mechanisms maintain patches of enhanced biodiversity in natural systems and if these patches elevate ecosystem multifunctionality at both local and landscape scales remain outstanding questions. In a 17 month experiment conducted within southeastern United States salt marshes, we found that patches of enhanced biodiversity and multifunctionality arise only where habitat-forming foundation species overlap—i.e. where aggregations of ribbed mussels ( Geukensia demissa ) form around cordgrass ( Spartina alterniflora ) stems. By empirically scaling up our experimental results to the marsh platform at 12 sites, we further show that mussels—despite covering only approximately 1% of the marsh surface—strongly enhance five distinct ecosystem functions, including decomposition, primary production and water infiltration rate, at the landscape scale. Thus, mussels create conditions that support the co-occurrence of high densities of functionally distinct organisms within cordgrass and, in doing so, elevate salt marsh multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale. Collectively, these findings suggest that patterns in foundation species' overlap drive variation in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning within and across natural ecosystems. We therefore argue that foundation species should be integrated in our conceptual understanding of forces that moderate biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships, approaches for conserving species diversity and strategies to improve the multifunctionality of degraded ecosystems.

Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Climate Change in the Southeastern United States

2014 ◽  
pp. 287-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Himmelfarb ◽  
John Schelhas ◽  
Sarah Hitchner ◽  
Cassandra Johnson Gaither ◽  
Katherine Dunbar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Southeastern United States

scholarly journals Northern winter climate change: Assessment of uncertainty in CMIP5 projections related to stratosphere-troposphere coupling

2014 ◽  
Vol 119 (13) ◽  
pp. 7979-7998 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Manzini ◽  
A. Yu. Karpechko ◽  
J. Anstey ◽  
M. P. Baldwin ◽  
R. X. Black ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Winter Climate ◽  
Change Assessment ◽  
Winter Climate Change ◽  
Northern Winter ◽  
Climate Change Assessment

scholarly journals Evaluating Impacts of Recent Arctic Sea Ice Loss on the Northern Hemisphere Winter Climate Change

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 3255-3263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumiaki Ogawa ◽  
Noel Keenlyside ◽  
Yongqi Gao ◽  
Torben Koenigk ◽  
Shuting Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Ice ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Arctic Sea Ice ◽  
Winter Climate ◽  
Winter Climate Change ◽  
Arctic Sea ◽  
Hemisphere Winter ◽  
Arctic Sea Ice Loss ◽  
Northern Hemisphere Winter

scholarly journals Plant expansion drives bacteria and collembola communities under winter climate change in frost-affected tundra

2019 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 107569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eveline J. Krab ◽  
Sylvain Monteux ◽  
James T. Weedon ◽  
Ellen Dorrepaal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Winter Climate ◽  
Winter Climate Change ◽  
Plant Expansion

Winter Climate Change Influences on Soil Faunal Distribution and Abundance: Implications for Decomposition in the Northern Forest

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (sp7) ◽  
pp. B209-B234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Christenson ◽  
Hannah Clark ◽  
Laura Livingston ◽  
Elise Heffernan ◽  
John Campbell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Winter Climate ◽  
Northern Forest ◽  
Winter Climate Change ◽  
Faunal Distribution
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