| Title: |
Preparing Aquatic Research for an Extreme Future: Call for Improved Definitions and Responsive, Multidisciplinary Approaches ; Bioscience |
| Authors: |
Aoki, Lillian R.; Brisbin, Margaret Mars; Hounshell, Alexandria G.; Kincaid, Dustin W.; Larson, Erin, I; Sansom, Brandon J.; Shogren, Arial J.; Smith, Rachel S.; Sullivan-Stack, Jenna |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford University Press |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
VTechWorks (VirginiaTech) |
| Subject Terms: |
extreme event; long-term ecological research; marine; freshwater; climate change |
| Description: |
Extreme events have increased in frequency globally, with a simultaneous surge in scientific interest about their ecological responses, particularly in sensitive freshwater, coastal, and marine ecosystems. We synthesized observational studies of extreme events in these aquatic ecosystems, finding that many studies do not use consistent definitions of extreme events. Furthermore, many studies do not capture ecological responses across the full spatial scale of the events. In contrast, sampling often extends across longer temporal scales than the event itself, highlighting the usefulness of long-term monitoring. Many ecological studies of extreme events measure biological responses but exclude chemical and physical responses, underscoring the need for integrative and multidisciplinary approaches. To advance extreme event research, we suggest prioritizing pre- and postevent data collection, including leveraging long-term monitoring; making intersite and cross-scale comparisons; adopting novel empirical and statistical approaches; and developing funding streams to support flexible and responsive data collection. ; NSF Biological Oceanography Program [OCE-1356192, OCE-1925796]; NSF [OCE-1829921, DEB-1753639, EAR-1659909, DBI-1906381]; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science DC1 graduate student fellowship; Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; NSF under VT EPSCoR [OIA-1556770]; Nature Conservancy; University of Virginia; Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography ; Published version ; We initiated this collaborative study at the Eco-DAS XIII symposium, and we thank and acknowledge Paul Kemp for his leadership, other Eco-DAS participants for their engagement and feedback, and the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography for financial support for EcoDAS. We also thank three anonymous reviewers for constructive feedback. Funding for EcoDAS XIII was provided by the NSF Biological Oceanography Program (grants no. OCE-1356192 and no. OCE-1925796) and the ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/115418; https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac020; 72 |
| DOI: |
10.1093/biosci/biac020 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/115418; https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac020 |
| Rights: |
Public Domain (U.S.) ; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.7209F375 |
| Database: |
BASE |