From plankton to fish: 21st-century redistribution of marine biodiversity and the changing role of rare species
Elena Couce · Lily Greig · Georg H. Engelhard · John K. Pinnegar · Keith M. Cooper · Pierre Hélaouët · Laurene Pecuchet · Myron A. Peck · Martin Lindegren · Murray S. A. Thompson
期刊Science Advances / Sci. Adv.
类型Article
发表2026-10-07 (online)
卷期页12(41): eaee7253
收录2026-10-14
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关键词climate changerare speciesalpha, beta and gamma diversityHill numbersphytoplanktonzooplanktonbenthosfishpoleward migrationfood webs
关于气候导致海洋生物多样性变化的预测通常忽略了非商业性物种和稀有物种,因此这种理解往往不够全面,甚至可能带有偏见。我们通过使用希尔数来量化浮游植物、浮游动物、底栖生物以及鱼类等共存生物群中的α、β和γ多样性,从而弥补了这一不足。利用贝叶斯加性回归树模型和丰富的调查数据,我们预测了直到 2100 年东北大西洋地区的气候驱动下的生物多样性变化。研究表明,气候变化可能会重新分配不同生物群内的生物多样性,改变稀有物种的作用,同时也会影响整个食物网中的能量传递过程。鱼类和底栖生物种类的丰富度普遍增加,这反映了它们向极地迁移的趋势;而浮游动物和浮游植物的丰富度则有所下降,这可能干扰了从低营养级到高营养级的能量传递过程。通过识别各分类群中生物多样性较高的区域,并预测这些区域在未来可能会如何变化,我们提供了一个框架,以支持积极的保护行动,从而在气候变化的背景下实现全球生物多样性目标。
Predictions of climate-driven marine biodiversity change typically overlook noncommercial and rare taxa, leading to an incomplete and potentially biased understanding of change. We address this gap by quantifying α-, β-, and γ-diversity using Hill numbers consistently across co-occurring phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, and fish taxonomic groups. Using Bayesian additive regression trees and extensive survey data, we project climate-driven biodiversity change in the northeast Atlantic until 2100. We show that climate change could redistribute biodiversity both within taxonomic groups, altering the contribution of rare species, and across the food web. Widespread increases in fish and benthos species richness, reflecting poleward migration, often coincided with declines in zooplankton and phytoplankton richness, potentially disrupting energy transfer from lower to higher trophic levels. By identifying areas with high biodiversity across taxonomic groups and predicting how these could change in the future, we provide a framework to support proactive conservation actions to help achieve global biodiversity targets in a changing climate.

@article{couce2026,
author = {Elena Couce and Lily Greig and Georg H. Engelhard and John K. Pinnegar and Keith M. Cooper and Pierre Hélaouët and Laurene Pecuchet and Myron A. Peck and Martin Lindegren and Murray S. A. Thompson},
title = {From plankton to fish: 21st-century redistribution of marine biodiversity and the changing role of rare species},
journal = {Science Advances},
year = {2026},
volume = {12},
number = {41},
pages = {eaee7253},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aee7253},
publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
}· END ·