9.6 - Ocean Warming Impact on Ecosystem

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Atmospheric Warming

Contributes to ocean warming along with GHGs

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Loss of Habitat

Results in decreased sea ice, impacting polar bears, penguins, seals

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Trophic Cascades

Impacts organisms lower in the food web due to habitat loss

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Metabolic Changes

Accelerated fish metabolism due to rising ocean temperatures

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Dissolved Oxygen

Reduced ocean capacity to carry dissolved oxygen with warming

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Reproductive Changes

Temperature influences gender ratios in species with TSD

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Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination (TSD)

Development of some species' gender based on temperature

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Coral Bleaching

Occurs when coral expel algae due to ocean warming

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Symbiotic Algae

Algae living within coral expelled during bleaching events

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Great Barrier Reef

Affected by coral bleaching events due to ocean warming