Reef Futures - The future of reef services in the Anthropocene
Loïc Pellissier
2019 - 2022
FinanziamentoShallow-water reef ecosystems provide many services to coastal communities. Fishes are a key protagonist that link humans to ecological systems, for example providing biomass and food security, playing a role in nutrient cycles, and attracting tourists to coastal regions. Healthy and resilient reef systems, indicated by a diverse and abundant reef fish assemblage, benefits the well-being of coastal communities. Reef-Futures aims to understand what environmental and socio-economic factors drives spatial variation in current day patterns of multiple ecosystem services provided by reef fishes. Furthermore, we will explore the dynamics of reef social-ecological systems in response to global environmental change, under different scenarios of climate, demographic and socio-economic futures.