El calentamiento perjudica la eficiencia de la transferencia trófica en un experimento de campo a largo plazo

Diego R Barneche1,2,3, Chris J Hulatt4,5, Matteo Dossena4

  • 1Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.

Nature
|March 1, 2021
PubMed
Resumen

El calentamiento de las temperaturas reduce significativamente la eficiencia de la transferencia de energía en los ecosistemas acuáticos. El calentamiento experimental disminuyó la eficiencia de transferencia trófica en un 56%, lo que afectó la biomasa de la red alimentaria y la función del ecosistema.

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