Search Results - "Harley, Christopher D. G."

Climate Change, Keystone Predation, and Biodiversity Loss by Harley, Christopher D. G.

“…Climate change can affect organisms both directly via physiological stress and indirectly via changing relationships among species. However, we do not fully…”
Get full text

The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021 by White, Rachel H., Anderson, Sam, Booth, James F., Braich, Ginni, Draeger, Christina, Fei, Cuiyi, Harley, Christopher D. G., Henderson, Sarah B., Jakob, Matthias, Lau, Carie-Ann, Mareshet Admasu, Lualawi, Narinesingh, Veeshan, Rodell, Christopher, Roocroft, Eliott, Weinberger, Kate R., West, Greg

“…In late June 2021 a heatwave of unprecedented magnitude impacted the Pacific Northwest region of Canada and the United States. Many locations broke all-time…”
Get full text

Can we predict ectotherm responses to climate change using thermal performance curves and body temperatures? by Sinclair, Brent J., Marshall, Katie E., Sewell, Mary A., Levesque, Danielle L., Willett, Christopher S., Slotsbo, Stine, Dong, Yunwei, Harley, Christopher D. G., Marshall, David J., Helmuth, Brian S., Huey, Raymond B.

“…Thermal performance curves (TPCs), which quantify how an ectotherm's body temperature (Tb) affects its performance or fitness, are often used in an attempt to…”
Get full text

Quantifying rates of evolutionary adaptation in response to ocean acidification by Sunday, Jennifer M, Crim, Ryan N, Harley, Christopher D G, Hart, Michael W

“…The global acidification of the earth's oceans is predicted to impact biodiversity via physiological effects impacting growth, survival, reproduction, and…”
Get full text

Large-scale impacts of sea star wasting disease (SSWD) on intertidal sea stars and implications for recovery by Miner, C Melissa, Burnaford, Jennifer L, Ambrose, Richard F, Antrim, Liam, Bohlmann, Heath, Blanchette, Carol A, Engle, John M, Fradkin, Steven C, Gaddam, Rani, Harley, Christopher D G, Miner, Benjamin G, Murray, Steven N, Smith, Jayson R, Whitaker, Stephen G, Raimondi, Peter T

“…Disease outbreaks can have substantial impacts on wild populations, but the often patchy or anecdotal evidence of these impacts impedes our ability to…”
Get full text

A bioenergetic framework for the temperature dependence of trophic interactions by Gilbert, Benjamin, Tunney, Tyler D., McCann, Kevin S., DeLong, John P., Vasseur, David A., Savage, Van, Shurin, Jonathan B., Dell, Anthony I., Barton, Brandon T., Harley, Christopher D.G., Kharouba, Heather M., Kratina, Pavel, Blanchard, Julia L., Clements, Christopher, Winder, Monika, Greig, Hamish S., O'Connor, Mary I.

“…Changing temperature can substantially shift ecological communities by altering the strength and stability of trophic interactions. Because many ecological…”
Get full text

Elevated water temperature and carbon dioxide concentration increase the growth of a keystone echinoderm by Gooding, Rebecca A, Harley, Christopher D.G, Tang, Emily

“…Anthropogenic climate change poses a serious threat to biodiversity. In marine environments, multiple climate variables, including temperature and CO₂…”
Get full text

Climate Change and Latitudinal Patterns of Intertidal Thermal Stress by Helmuth, Brian, Christopher D. G. Harley, Halpin, Patricia M., O'Donnell, Michael, Hofmann, Gretchen E., Blanchette, Carol A.

“…The interaction of climate and the timing of low tides along the West Coast of the United States creates a complex mosaic of thermal environments, in which…”
Get full text

Contingencies and compounded rare perturbations dictate sudden distributional shifts during periods of gradual climate change by Harley, Christopher D.G, Paine, Robert T

“…Ecological responses to climate change may occur gradually with changing conditions, or they may occur rapidly once some threshold or "tipping point" has been…”
Get full text

Non-linear density-dependent effects of an intertidal ecosystem engineer by Harley, Christopher D. G., O'Riley, Jaclyn L.

“…Ecosystem engineering is an important process in a variety of ecosystems. However, the relationship between engineer density and engineering impact remains…”
Get full text

Ocean acidification increases susceptibility to sub-zero air temperatures in ecosystem engineers and limits poleward range shifts by Thyrring, Jakob, Macleod, Colin D, Marshall, Katie E, Kennedy, Jessica, Tremblay, Réjean, Harley, Christopher D G

“…Ongoing climate change has caused rapidly increasing temperatures and an unprecedented decline in seawater pH, known as ocean acidification. Increasing…”
Get full text

Field-based experimental acidification alters fouling community structure and reduces diversity by Brown, Norah E. M., Therriault, Thomas W., Harley, Christopher D. G.

“…1. Increasing levels of CO₂ in the atmosphere are affecting ocean chemistry, leading to increased acidification (i.e. decreased pH) and reductions in calcium…”
Get full text

Elevated pCO₂ increases sperm limitation and risk of polyspermy in the red sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus by REUTER, KIM E, LOTTERHOS, KATIE E, CRIM, RYAN N, THOMPSON, CATHERINE A, HARLEY, CHRISTOPHER D.G

“…Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and the resultant acidification of surface ocean waters are predicted to have far-reaching consequences for…”
Get full text

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GLOBAL SEAWEED COMMUNITIES by Harley, Christopher D. G., Anderson, Kathryn M., Demes, Kyle W., Jorve, Jennifer P., Kordas, Rebecca L., Coyle, Theraesa A., Graham, Michael H.

“…Seaweeds are ecologically important primary producers, competitors, and ecosystem engineers that play a central role in coastal habitats ranging from kelp…”
Get full text

Hot limpets: predicting body temperature in a conductance-mediated thermal system by Denny, Mark W, Harley, Christopher D G

“…Living at the interface between the marine and terrestrial environments, intertidal organisms may serve as a bellwether for environmental change and a test of…”
Get full text

Recruitment tolerance to increased temperature present across multiple kelp clades by Muth, Arley F., Graham, Michael H., Lane, Christopher E., Harley, Christopher D. G.

“…Kelp systems dominate nearshore marine environments in upwelling zones characterized by cold temperatures and high nutrients. Worldwide, kelp population…”
Get full text

Abiotic Stress and Herbivory Interact to Set Range Limits across a Two-Dimensional Stress Gradient by Harley, Christopher D. G.

“…Range boundaries are a fundamental expression of a species' relationship with other species and with the abiotic environment. In this study, I examined the…”
Get full text

Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory by Gaylord, Brian, Kroeker, Kristy J, Sunday, Jennifer M, Anderson, Kathryn M, Barry, James P, Brown, Norah E, Connell, Sean D, Dupont, Sam, Fabricius, Katharina E, Hall-Spencer, Jason M, Klinger, Terrie, Milazzo, Marco, Munday, Philip L, Russell, Bayden D, Sanford, Eric, Schreiber, Sebastian J, Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen, Vaughan, Megan L. H, Widdicombe, Steven, Harley, Christopher D. G

“…Ocean acidification, chemical changes to the carbonate system of seawater, is emerging as a key environmental challenge accompanying global warming and other…”
Get full text

Embracing interactions in ocean acidification research: confronting multiple stressor scenarios and context dependence by Kroeker, Kristy J., Kordas, Rebecca L., Harley, Christopher D. G.

“…Changes in the Earth's environment are now sufficiently complex that our ability to forecast the emergent ecological consequences of ocean acidification (OA)…”
Get full text

Sea otters homogenize mussel beds and reduce habitat provisioning in a rocky intertidal ecosystem by Singh, Gerald G, Markel, Russell W, Martone, Rebecca G, Salomon, Anne K, Harley, Christopher D G, Chan, Kai M A

“…Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are keystone predators that consume a variety of benthic invertebrates, including the intertidal mussel, Mytilus californianus. By…”
Get full text