Marine functional connectivity through the ages: geological and historical perspectives
- 1University of Vienna, Department of Palaeontology, Vienna, Austria (konstantina.agiadi@univie.ac.at)
- 2School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, UK (B.A.Caswell@hull.ac.uk)
- 3MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, Montpellier, France (audrey.darnaude@cnrs.fr)
- *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract
Marine Functional Connectivity (MFC) refers to all the unimpeded flows of matter, genes and energy that are caused by the movements of marine life that occur at various spatial and temporal scales. Climate, palaeogeography, ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, evolution of Life and human activities control MFC over the long term. The geological and historical records offer valuable data on ecological and societal change that can be used to understand the evolution of MFC over time. We explain the links between these long-term drivers and MFC processes, as well as the diverse archives that can be used to study them: the sedimentary record, biogeochemical proxies, fossil assemblages, sclerochronological archives, genetic data, zooarchaeological remains, archaeological artefacts and historical sources.
Rita Almeida, Ali Becheker, Andreu Blanco, Cristina Brito, Manuel Jesús León-Cobo, Ellie-Mae E. Cook, Federica Costantini, Merve Karakuş, Fabien Leprieur, Cataixa López, Lucía López-López, Aaron O’Dea, Sven Pallacks, Irene Rabanal, Lotta Schultz, Susanne E. Tanner, Tatiana Theodoropoulou, Ruth H. Thurstan, Nina Vieira
How to cite: Agiadi, K., Caswell, B., and Darnaude, A. and the the Q-MARE - SEA-UNICORN workshop participants: Marine functional connectivity through the ages: geological and historical perspectives, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-5651, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5651, 2024.
