Abstract
Marine functional connectivity (MFC) refers to the flows of organic matter, genes, and energy that are caused by the active and passive movements of marine organisms. Occurring at various temporal and spatial scales, MFC is a dynamic, constantly evolving global ecological process, part of overall ecological connectivity, but with its own distinct and specific patterns. Geological and historical archives of changes in the distributions, life histories, and migration of species can provide baselines for deciphering the long-term trends (decadal to millions of years) and variability of MFC. In this food-for-thought paper, we identify the different types of geohistorical data that can be used to study past MFC. We propose resources that are available for such work. Finally, we offer a roadmap outlining the most appropriate approaches for analysing and interpreting these data, the biases and limitations involved, and what we consider to be the primary themes for future research in this field. Overall, we demonstrate how, despite differences in norms and limitations between disciplines, valuable data on ecological and societal change can be extracted from geological and historical archives, and be used to understand changes of MFC through time.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1884-1911 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | ICES Journal of Marine Science |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2024 |
Funding
The authors would like to thank the three anonymous reviewers and the editors for their very constructive comments on this work. This research was funded in whole, or in part, by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant DOI 10.55776/V986. For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission. This paper stems from the international workshop \u2018Geohistorical perspectives on functional connectivity patterns\u2019 (Sesimbra, Portugal\u201425 May 2023) co-organized by Q-MARE (a working group of PAGES), International Council for Exploration of the Sea, and the COST Action CA19107 Unifying Approaches to Marine Connectivity for Improved Resource Management for the Seas (SEA-UNICORN), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). Discussions within the Working Group on the History of Fish and Fisheries (WGHIST) of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea have helped to inspire elements of this work. This research was funded in whole, or in part, by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant DOI 10.55776/V986. For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission. The work was also supported the Natural Environmental Research Council, UK grant \u2018Discipline Hopping for Discovery Science 2022/23\u2019 NE/X018342/1 (B.C.), the Convex Seascape Survey (R.H.T.), the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement number 856488\u2013ERC Synergy project \u2018SEACHANGE: Quantifying the impact of major cultural transitions on marine ecosystem functioning and biodiversity\u2019) (R.H.T.), the ERC Synergy Grant \u20184-Oceans: Human History of Marine Life\u2019 (grant agreement number 951649) (C.B.), and the ERC-CoG \u2018MERMAID: Marine Ecosystems, Animal Resources and Human Strategies in Ancient Mediterranean: Integrated Studies on Natural and Societal Resilience\u2019 (grant agreement number 101002721); the Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia (FCT), MARE strategic project UIDB/04292/2020, Associate Laboratory ARNET LA/P/0069/2020, PhD grant 2022.10942.BD (R.A.) and doi: 10.54499/2021.02710.CEECIND/CP1650/CT0011 (S.E.T.); and the Axencia Galega de Innovaci\u00F3n (GAIN)\u2014Xunta de Galicia (grant ED481D 2023/007) (A.B.). This research was funded in whole, or in part, by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant DOI 10.55776/V986. For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission. The work was also supported the Natural Environmental Research Council, UK grant \u2018Discipline Hopping for Discovery Science 2022/23\u2019 NE/X018342/1 (B.C.), the Convex Seascape Survey (R.H.T.), the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement number 856488\u2013ERC Synergy project \u2018SEACHANGE: Quantifying the impact of major cultural transitions on marine ecosystem functioning and biodiversity\u2019) (R.H.T.), the ERC Synergy Grant \u20184-Oceans: Human History of Marine Life\u2019 (grant agreement number 951649) (C.B.), and the ERC-CoG \u2018MERMAID: Marine Ecosystems, Animal Resources and Human Strategies in Ancient Mediterranean: Integrated Studies on Natural and Societal Resilience\u2019 (grant agreement number 101002721); the Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia (FCT), MARE strategic project UIDB/04292/2020, Associate Laboratory ARNET LA/P/0069/2020, PhD grant 2022.10942.BD (R.A.) and doi: 10.54499/2021.02710.CEECIND/CP1650/CT0011 (S.E.T.); and the Axencia Galega de Innovaci\u00F3n (GAIN)\u2014Xunta de Galicia (grant ED481D 2023/007) (A.B.).
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105118 Palaeontology
- 106003 Biodiversity research
- 105101 General geology
- 601003 Archaeology
Keywords
- archaeology
- genetics
- geology
- historical ecology
- palaeontology
- sclerochronology
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