Results from the Gulf of Mexico climate vulnerability analysis for fishes and invertebrates

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• Personal Author:
  Quinlan, John A. ; Nelson, Mark ; Savoia, Caitlyn ; Skubel, Rachel ; Scott, James D. ; Ailloud, Lisa ; Ainsworth, Cameron ; Alvarez, Danielle ; Bacheler, Nathan M. ; Burton, Michael ; Calay, Shannon ; Cummings, Nancie ; Doerr, Jennifer C. ; Driggers, William ; Erisman, Brad ; Gandy, Ryan ; Grove, Laura Jay ; Hanisko, David ; Heublein, Joseph ; Hoffmayer, Eric ; Isely, Jeff ; Johnson, Matthew ; Jones, Christian ; Karnauskas, Mandy ; Kelble, Chris ; Kirkland, Trevor ; Langwiser, Caitlin ; Leo, Jennifer ; Lombardi, Linda ; McCarthy, Kevin ; Nylander-Asplin, Hannah ; O’Boyle, Michael ; Orbesen, Eric ; Orhun, Refik ; Patterson, William III ; Pollack, Adam G. ; Powers, Sean ; Potts, Jennifer ; Rios, Adyan ; Sagarese, Skyler ; Schueller, Amy ; Serafy, Joseph ; Snodgrass, Derke ; Switzer, Ted ; Zink, Ian ; Griffis, Roger
• Corporate Authors:
  Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.). ; ECS Federal, LLC. ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Science and Technology. ; Abess Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy. ; Florida. Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Southeast Region. ; Physical Sciences Laboratory (U.S.). ; University of Colorado Boulder. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. ; University of South Florida. College of Marine Science. ; University of Florida. ; University of Texas at Austin. Marine Science Institute. ; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. ; Dauphin Island Sea Lab. ; Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (Key Biscayne, Fla.).
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; SER (Southeast Region) ; OST (Office of Science and Technology) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; AOML (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) ; PSL (Physical Sciences Laboratory) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) ; CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies)
• Description:
  The key findings of the climate vulnerability assessment are: ● All species in the Gulf of Mexico are projected to experience high or very high exposure to climate-driven change in environmental variables. ● The primary environmental factors of concern include temperature, salinity, ocean acidification, and dissolved oxygen. ● Biological sensitivities are variable and range from low to very high, with most species (~63%) falling into the low sensitivity category. ● The dominant biological aspects include population growth rate, other stressors, early life stage survival and settlement, spawning cycle, complexity in reproductive strategy, and spawning stock size/status. ● Twenty percent of the species, representing groupers, elasmobranchs, snappers, diadromous fishes, invertebrates, and coastal species, had high or very high overall vulnerability to climate change. Twenty-eight percent of all species were moderately vulnerable, and 52% were low-vulnerability species.
• Subjects:
  • Marine fishes
  • Marine invertebrates
  • Climatic changes
  • Risk assessment
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 767
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/5svf-se47
• Format:
  PDF
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  Mexico, Gulf of
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/55544/noaa_55544_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 41.99 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) ; NOAA Cooperative Institutes ; National Ocean Service (NOS) ; National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4abaaf7e6ba3c12adf2f8b05a9b9b3a7c74fd6367ac8455009a2f09d1959f2f7