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Climate-Mediated Changes to Linked Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems across the Northeast Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest Margin

Journal Article · · BioScience
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  1. University of Alaska Southeast
  2. University of Nevada - Reno
  3. University of Colorado at Denver
  4. BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
  5. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations
  6. Hakai Institute
  7. Vancouver Island University
  8. Simon Fraser University
  9. U.S. Geological Survey
  10. University of Washington
  11. U.S. Forest Service
  12. Oregon State University
  13. University of British Columbia
  14. NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
  15. Stanford University
  16. University of Northern British Columbia
  17. University of Alberta
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Coastal margins are important areas of materials flux that link terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Consequently, climate-mediated changes to coastal terrestrial ecosystems and hydrologic regimes have high potential to influence nearshore ocean chemistry and food web dynamics. Research from tightly coupled, high-flux coastal ecosystems can advance understanding of terrestrial–marine links and climate sensitivities more generally. In the present article, we use the northeast Pacific coastal temperate rainforest as a model system to evaluate such links. We focus on key above- and belowground production and hydrological transport processes that control the land-to-ocean flow of materials and their influence on nearshore marine ecosystems. We evaluate how these connections may be altered by global climate change and we identify knowledge gaps in our understanding of the source, transport, and fate of terrestrial materials along this coastal margin. Finally, we propose five priority research themes in this region that are relevant for understanding coastal ecosystem links more broadly.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1836832
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-144134
Journal Information:
BioScience, Journal Name: BioScience Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 71
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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