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Lorrain Anne, Pethybridge H., Cassar N., Receveur A., Allain V., Bodin Nathalie, Bopp L., Choy C. A., Duffy L., Fry B., Goni N., Graham B. S., Hobday A. J., Logan J. M., Ménard Frédéric, Menkès Christophe, Olson R. J., Pagendam D. E., Point David, Revill A. T., Somes C. J., Young J. W. (2020). Trends in tuna carbon isotopes suggest global changes in pelagic phytoplankton communities. Global Change Biology, 26 (2), 458-470. ISSN 1354-1013.

Titre du document
Trends in tuna carbon isotopes suggest global changes in pelagic phytoplankton communities
Année de publication
2020
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000495485400001
Auteurs
Lorrain Anne, Pethybridge H., Cassar N., Receveur A., Allain V., Bodin Nathalie, Bopp L., Choy C. A., Duffy L., Fry B., Goni N., Graham B. S., Hobday A. J., Logan J. M., Ménard Frédéric, Menkès Christophe, Olson R. J., Pagendam D. E., Point David, Revill A. T., Somes C. J., Young J. W.
Source
Global Change Biology, 2020, 26 (2), 458-470 ISSN 1354-1013
Considerable uncertainty remains over how increasing atmospheric CO2 and anthropogenic climate changes are affecting open-ocean marine ecosystems from phytoplankton to top predators. Biological time series data are thus urgently needed for the world's oceans. Here, we use the carbon stable isotope composition of tuna to provide a first insight into the existence of global trends in complex ecosystem dynamics and changes in the oceanic carbon cycle. From 2000 to 2015, considerable declines in delta C-13 values of 0.8 parts per thousand-2.5 parts per thousand were observed across three tuna species sampled globally, with more substantial changes in the Pacific Ocean compared to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Tuna recorded not only the Suess effect, that is, fossil fuel-derived and isotopically light carbon being incorporated into marine ecosystems, but also recorded profound changes at the base of marine food webs. We suggest a global shift in phytoplankton community structure, for example, a reduction in C-13-rich phytoplankton such as diatoms, and/or a change in phytoplankton physiology during this period, although this does not rule out other concomitant changes at higher levels in the food webs. Our study establishes tuna delta C-13 values as a candidate essential ocean variable to assess complex ecosystem responses to climate change at regional to global scales and over decadal timescales. Finally, this time series will be invaluable in calibrating and validating global earth system models to project changes in marine biota.
Plan de classement
Limnologie physique / Océanographie physique [032] ; Ecologie, systèmes aquatiques [036] ; Ressources halieutiques [040]
Description Géographique
PACIFIQUE ; ATLANTIQUE ; OCEAN INDIEN
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010077289]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010077289
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