22/11/2019

Garrabou Joaquim, Gómez-Gras Daniel, Ledoux Jean-Baptiste et al.

Abstract

Anthropogenic climate change, and global warming in particular, has strong and increasing impacts on marine ecosystems. The Mediterranean Sea is considered a marine biodiversity hot-spot contributing to more than 7% of world's marine biodiversity including a high percentage of endemic species.
Both field observations and future projections using Regional Coupled Models show the increase in Mediterranean sea surface temperature, with more frequent occurrence of extreme ocean warming events. As a result, new MMEs are expected during the coming years. To date, despite the efforts, neither updated nor comprehensive information can support scientific analysis of mortality events at a Mediterranean regional scale. Such information is vital to guide management and conservation strategies that can then inform adaptive management schemes that aim to face the impacts of climate change.

Frontiers in Marine Science 6