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Resurrection of Dormant Daphnia magna: Protocol and Applications

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Published on: January 19, 2018

Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave.

Robert M Suryan¹, Mayumi L Arimitsu², Heather A Coletti³

¹Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Juneau, AK, USA. rob.suryan@noaa.gov.

Scientific Reports

|March 19, 2021

Summary

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Marine heatwaves caused abrupt, persistent ecosystem changes in the Gulf of Alaska. Decades of monitoring reveal ongoing impacts, questioning the ecosystem

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Area of Science:

Marine Ecology
Climate Change Impacts
Ecosystem Monitoring

Background:

Long-term marine ecosystem monitoring programs in the Gulf of Alaska were established after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
These programs provide a unique, decades-long dataset to assess ecosystem health and recovery.
The Gulf of Alaska experienced a significant marine heatwave (PMH) from 2014-2016, with lingering warm conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the Gulf of Alaska ecosystem's response to the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heatwave (PMH).
To analyze changes across multiple trophic levels and ecosystem domains.
To evaluate the persistence of heatwave impacts on marine communities.

Main Methods:

Analysis of 187 time series data, spanning primary production to commercial fisheries.
Inclusion of data from nearshore intertidal to offshore oceanic environments.
Comparison of ecosystem metrics before, during, and after the marine heatwave event.

Main Results:

Abrupt ecosystem-wide changes were observed across all trophic levels following the PMH onset.
Many of these ecosystem responses persisted for at least five years post-heatwave.
Novel community-level groupings emerged, distinct from the decade preceding the heatwave.

Conclusions:

The Gulf of Alaska ecosystem exhibited significant and lasting alterations due to the marine heatwave.
Increased frequency of marine heatwaves under climate change poses a threat to ecosystem resilience.
The return of the Gulf of Alaska ecosystem to its pre-heatwave state is uncertain.