Unravelling Marine Benthic Functioning Shifts Under Ocean Acidification
vents to assess how declining pH affects marine community species composition, biomass, and key ecosystem processes over time. Our results indicate that community shifts caused by declining pH lead to decreased biomass and calcification rates, while photosynthesis and nutrient uptake rates increased. By leveraging OA field model systems and in situ measurements of ecosystem functioning, this study provides critical insights into how OA-induced biodiversity loss reshapes the structure and functioning of temperate marine coastal ecosystems.
Authors
- Jérémy Carlot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0887-8005)
- Samir Alliouane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1553-0157)
- Fiorenza Micheli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6865-1438)
- Antonia Chiarore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6488-3303)
- Alice Mirasole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2517-9548)
- Núria Teixidó (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9286-2852)
- J.‐P. Gattuso
- C. L. Hurd
- S. Comeau
Institutions
- Australian Antarctic Division (AU)
- Pacific Research Institute (US)
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (IT)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (FR)
- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ES)
- Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecology Letters
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70376
- Primary Topic
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Direcció General de Recerca, Generalitat de Catalunya