TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental variability in aquatic ecosystems
T2 - Avenues for future multifactorial experiments
AU - Gerhard, Miriam
AU - Koussoroplis, Apostolos Manuel
AU - Raatz, Michael
AU - Pansch, Christian
AU - Fey, Samuel B.
AU - Vajedsamiei, Jahangir
AU - Calderó-Pascual, Maria
AU - Cunillera-Montcusí, David
AU - Juvigny-Khenafou, Noël P.D.
AU - Polazzo, Francesco
AU - Thomas, Patrick K.
AU - Symons, Celia C.
AU - Beklioğlu, Meryem
AU - Berger, Stella A.
AU - Chefaoui, Rosa M.
AU - Ger, Kemal Ali
AU - Langenheder, Silke
AU - Nejstgaard, Jens C.
AU - Ptacnik, Robert
AU - Striebel, Maren
N1 - Funding Information:
This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program AQUACOSM‐plus under grant agreement No 871081. MG, DCM, JCN, SAB, MB, KAG, SL were supported by INFRAIA EU‐H2020 AQUACOSM‐plus and MB by EU‐H2020, PONDERFUL (No 869296) project. MS and PT were supported by the German Research Foundation DFG STR 1383/8‐1. MCP was supported by the Irish Marine Institute funded under the Marine Research Program by the Irish Government named BEYOND2020 (Grant‐Aid Agreement No. PBA/FS/16/02) and the AQUACOSM TA grant (2019) under the project name AlloEcoMetry. FP was supported by H2020‐MSCA‐ITN ECORISK2050 project (Grant Agreement nr. 813124). SBF was supported by NSF DEB 1856415. RMC was supported by MARHOT project from the EU H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska‐Curie Grant N° 894941. JV and CP were supported by the German Research Foundation DFG (Grant Number: PA 2643/2/348431475). Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. WOA Institution: CARL VON OSSIETZKY UNIVERSITAET OLDENBURG Consortia Name : Projekt DEAL
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Limnology and Oceanography Letters published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - The relevance of considering environmental variability for understanding and predicting biological responses to environmental changes has resulted in a recent surge in variability-focused ecological research. However, integration of findings that emerge across studies and identification of remaining knowledge gaps in aquatic ecosystems remain critical. Here, we address these aspects by: (1) summarizing relevant terms of variability research including the components (characteristics) of variability and key interactions when considering multiple environmental factors; (2) identifying conceptual frameworks for understanding the consequences of environmental variability in single and multifactorial scenarios; (3) highlighting challenges for bridging theoretical and experimental studies involving transitioning from simple to more complex scenarios; (4) proposing improved approaches to overcome current mismatches between theoretical predictions and experimental observations; and (5) providing a guide for designing integrated experiments across multiple scales, degrees of control, and complexity in light of their specific strengths and limitations.
AB - The relevance of considering environmental variability for understanding and predicting biological responses to environmental changes has resulted in a recent surge in variability-focused ecological research. However, integration of findings that emerge across studies and identification of remaining knowledge gaps in aquatic ecosystems remain critical. Here, we address these aspects by: (1) summarizing relevant terms of variability research including the components (characteristics) of variability and key interactions when considering multiple environmental factors; (2) identifying conceptual frameworks for understanding the consequences of environmental variability in single and multifactorial scenarios; (3) highlighting challenges for bridging theoretical and experimental studies involving transitioning from simple to more complex scenarios; (4) proposing improved approaches to overcome current mismatches between theoretical predictions and experimental observations; and (5) providing a guide for designing integrated experiments across multiple scales, degrees of control, and complexity in light of their specific strengths and limitations.
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U2 - 10.1002/lol2.10286
DO - 10.1002/lol2.10286
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85140205888
SN - 2378-2242
JO - Limnology And Oceanography Letters
JF - Limnology And Oceanography Letters
ER -