9.6 - Ocean Warming Impact on Ecosystem
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Atmospheric Warming
Contributes to ocean warming along with GHGs
Loss of Habitat
Results in decreased sea ice, impacting polar bears, penguins, seals
Trophic Cascades
Impacts organisms lower in the food web due to habitat loss
Metabolic Changes
Accelerated fish metabolism due to rising ocean temperatures
Dissolved Oxygen
Reduced ocean capacity to carry dissolved oxygen with warming
Reproductive Changes
Temperature influences gender ratios in species with TSD
Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination (TSD)
Development of some species' gender based on temperature
Coral Bleaching
Occurs when coral expel algae due to ocean warming
Symbiotic Algae
Algae living within coral expelled during bleaching events
Great Barrier Reef
Affected by coral bleaching events due to ocean warming
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