Incorporating Dead Material in Ecosystem Assessments and Projections

Kelsey Barnhill; John Murray Roberts; Isla Myers-Smith; Mathew Williams; Kyle Dexter; Casey Ryan; Uwe Wolfram; Sebastian Hennige

doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01565-5

Incorporating Dead Material in Ecosystem Assessments and Projections

Kelsey Barnhill, John Murray Roberts, Isla Myers-Smith, Mathew Williams, Kyle Dexter, Casey Ryan, Uwe Wolfram, Sebastian Hennige

School of Geosciences

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When considering how ecosystems will react to climate change the importance of dead matter has been largely overlooked. Here we discuss why dead material is integral to ecosystem form and function, and why its persistence or degradation must be explicitly included in models considering ecosystem futures in a rapidly changing world.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Climate Change
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01565-5
Publication status	Published - 23 Dec 2022

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iAtlantic: Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time
Roberts, M., Hennige, S. & Henry, L.
EU government bodies
1/06/19 → 30/11/23
Project: Research
GCRF One Ocean Hub
Roberts, M. & Hennige, S.
NERC
13/02/19 → 12/02/24
Project: Research

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