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    Report on the “Trait-based approaches to ocean life” scoping workshop, October 5-8, 2015

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    2016-05
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    Barton, Andrew D.  Concept link
    Dutkiewicz, Stephanie  Concept link
    Andersen, Ken H.  Concept link
    Fiksen, Øyvind Ø. F.  Concept link
    Follows, Michael J.  Concept link
    Mouw, Colleen B.  Concept link
    Record, Nicholas R.  Concept link
    Rynearson, Tatiana A.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/8017
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    10.1575/1912/8017
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    From the introduction: Marine ecosystems are rich and biodiverse, often populated by thousands of competing and interacting species with a vast range of behaviors, forms, and life histories. This great ecological complexity presents a formidable challenge to understanding how marine ecosystems are structured and controlled, but also how they respond to natural and anthropogenic changes. The trait-based approach to ocean life is emerging as a novel framework for understanding the complexity, structure, and dynamics of marine ecosystems, but also their broader significance. Rather than considering species individually, organisms are characterized by essential traits that capture key aspects of diversity. Trait distributions in the ocean emerge through evolution and natural selection, and are mediated by the environment, biological interactions, anthropogenic drivers, and organism behavior. Because trait variations within and across communities lead to variation in the rates of crucial ecosystem functions such as carbon export, this mechanistic approach sheds light on how variability in the environment, including climate change, impacts marine ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and associated feedbacks to climate and society.
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    "Trait-based Approaches to Ocean Life” Scoping Workshop, October 5-8, 2015, Waterville Valley, NH, USA
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    Barton, A.D., S. Dutkiewicz, K.H. Andersen, Ø. Fiksen, M. Follows, C. Mouw, N. Record, and T. Rynearson (2016). Report on the “Trait-based approaches to ocean life” scoping workshop, October 5-8, 2015, U.S. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program, 35 pp.
     

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