Motivation Impacts of climate change on marine biodiversity are often projected with species distribution modelling using standardized data layers representing physical, chemical and biological conditions of the global ocean. Yet, the available data layers (1) have not been updated to incorporate data of the Sixth Phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), which comprise the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP)...

Marine phytoplankton biomass dynamics are affected by eutrophication, ocean warming, and ocean acidification. These changing abiotic conditions may impact phytoplankton biomass and its spatiotemporal dynamics. In this study, we used a nutrient–phytoplankton–zooplankton (NPZ) model to quantify the relative importance of the bottom-up and top-down determinants of phytoplankton biomass dynamics in the Belgian part of the North Se...

Coastal marshes provide valuable ecosystem functions, but some are facing increasing risks of vegetation loss due to sea level rise and other stressors. A key question is how tidal flow and sedimentation patterns are affected by the spatiotemporal patterns of vegetation loss, as sediment accretion with sea level rise largely affects the potential for marsh recovery. Here, we performed a field study in a macrotidal reed marsh a...

Aim To verify which vegetation and environmental factors are the most important in determining the spatial and temporal variability of average and maximum values of radiation use efficiency (RUE ann and RUE max , respectively) of cold and temperate forests. Location Forty‐eight cold and temperate forests distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. Major taxa studied Evergreen and deciduous trees. Time period 2000–2011. Methods...

In several places around the world, coastal marsh vegetation is converting to open water through the formation of pools. This is concerning, as vegetation die‐off is expected to reduce the marshes' capacity to adapt to sea level rise by vegetation‐induced sediment accretion. Quantitative analyses of the spatial and temporal development of marsh vegetation die‐off are scarce, although these are needed to understand the bio‐geom...