TY - JOUR
T1 - UV effects that come and go
T2 - A global comparison of marine benthic community level impacts
AU - Wahl, Martin
AU - Molis, Markus
AU - Davis, Andrew
AU - Dobretsov, Sergey
AU - Dürr, Simone T.
AU - Johansson, Josefin
AU - Kinley, Jeff
AU - Kirugara, David
AU - Langer, Matthias
AU - Lotze, Heike K.
AU - Thiel, Martin
AU - Thomason, Jeremy C.
AU - Worm, Boris
AU - Ben-Yosef, Dafna Zeevi
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Ambient UV radiation has substantially increased during decades, but its impact on marine benthic communities is hardly known. The aim of this study was to globally compare and quantify how shallow hard-bottom communities are affected by UV during early succession. Identical field experiments in 10 different coastal regions of both hemispheres produced a consistent but unexpected pattern: (i) UV radiation affected species diversity and community biomass in a very similar manner, (ii) diversity and biomass were reduced to a larger extent by UVA than UVB radiation, (iii) ambient UV levels did not affect the composition of the communities, and (iv) any UV effects disappeared during species succession after 2-3 months. Thus, current levels of UV radiation seem to have small, predictable, and transient effects on shallow marine hard-bottom communities.
AB - Ambient UV radiation has substantially increased during decades, but its impact on marine benthic communities is hardly known. The aim of this study was to globally compare and quantify how shallow hard-bottom communities are affected by UV during early succession. Identical field experiments in 10 different coastal regions of both hemispheres produced a consistent but unexpected pattern: (i) UV radiation affected species diversity and community biomass in a very similar manner, (ii) diversity and biomass were reduced to a larger extent by UVA than UVB radiation, (iii) ambient UV levels did not affect the composition of the communities, and (iv) any UV effects disappeared during species succession after 2-3 months. Thus, current levels of UV radiation seem to have small, predictable, and transient effects on shallow marine hard-bottom communities.
KW - Climate change
KW - Community resilience
KW - Global assessment
KW - Marine benthic diversity
KW - UV radiation
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00872.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00872.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:19944392549
SN - 1354-1013
VL - 10
SP - 1962
EP - 1972
JO - Global Change Biology
JF - Global Change Biology
IS - 12
ER -
