| Title |
Projecting Range Limits with Coupled Thermal Tolerance - Climate Change Models: An Example Based on Gray Snapper (Lutjanus griseus) along the U.S. East Coast
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0052294 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jonathan A. Hare, Mark J. Wuenschel, Matthew E. Kimball |
| Abstract |
We couple a species range limit hypothesis with the output of an ensemble of general circulation models to project the poleward range limit of gray snapper. Using laboratory-derived thermal limits and statistical downscaling from IPCC AR4 general circulation models, we project that gray snapper will shift northwards; the magnitude of this shift is dependent on the magnitude of climate change. We also evaluate the uncertainty in our projection and find that statistical uncertainty associated with the experimentally-derived thermal limits is the largest contributor (∼ 65%) to overall quantified uncertainty. This finding argues for more experimental work aimed at understanding and parameterizing the effects of climate change and variability on marine species. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 60 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 13% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 8 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 53% |
| Environmental Science | 12 | 19% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 9 | 15% |