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More than a billion seashore animals may have cooked to death in B.C. heat wave, says UBC researcher - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/intertida

by neom 5y ago

More than a billion seashore animals may have cooked to death in B.C. heat wave, says UBC researcher - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/intertidal-animals-ubc-research-1.6090774 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/intertidal-a...

pvaldes 5y ago
Will be a once in life opportunity for doing research in ecological sucesion. If this was a unique event, my bet would be a fast recovery of most invertebrates in 2-3 years. Maybe a year of savage algae blooming. If the event becomes more frequent the entire ecosystem will be replaced by southern animals. Crustaceans will explode in a few years, probably. This is a blessing for some animals.
- neom 5y ago
  Real question: What If it's not a unique event and happens frequently moving forward? (I noticed you have a PhD in biology, cool!!)
  - pvaldes 5y ago
    The species will be replaced by other better adapted to stand heat that now can be found in lower latitudes. Arctic areas have a lot of starfish, sea urchins and clams. This will change somehow. Most of the brown and red algae will probably disappear before ten years. This means that entire submarine forests could vanish. The worse of all this changes for men would be that Cod will disappear. Cod eggs can't stand heat and we are talking about two of the three more important fishes in the entire planet for us, so the hit will be huge.
    - mistrial9 5y ago
      massive sea-urchin population growth in the last ten years along the California coast has destroyed 500 miles of kelp forests, done. details on request
- klyrs 5y ago
  Here's hoping we have 2-3 years without another event like this. But I wouldn't count on it.
- ortusdux 5y ago
  I've heard a few locals say "Well, at least the crabbing will be good next year."
refurb 5y ago
So is a billion a lot or a little? I mean, did they count krill?
- liketochill 5y ago
  It’s a lot. It was mussels and oysters and similar organisms.
- pvaldes 5y ago
  The exact number of animals is not so relevant here in fact
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by neom 5y ago

pvaldes 5y ago

Will be a once in life opportunity for doing research in ecological sucesion. If this was a unique event, my bet would be a fast recovery of most invertebrates in 2-3 years. Maybe a year of savage algae blooming. If the event becomes more frequent the entire ecosystem will be replaced by southern animals. Crustaceans will explode in a few years, probably. This is a blessing for some animals.

neom 5y ago
Real question: What If it's not a unique event and happens frequently moving forward? (I noticed you have a PhD in biology, cool!!)
- pvaldes 5y ago
  The species will be replaced by other better adapted to stand heat that now can be found in lower latitudes. Arctic areas have a lot of starfish, sea urchins and clams. This will change somehow. Most of the brown and red algae will probably disappear before ten years. This means that entire submarine forests could vanish. The worse of all this changes for men would be that Cod will disappear. Cod eggs can't stand heat and we are talking about two of the three more important fishes in the entire planet for us, so the hit will be huge.
  - mistrial9 5y ago
    massive sea-urchin population growth in the last ten years along the California coast has destroyed 500 miles of kelp forests, done. details on request
klyrs 5y ago
Here's hoping we have 2-3 years without another event like this. But I wouldn't count on it.
ortusdux 5y ago
I've heard a few locals say "Well, at least the crabbing will be good next year."

refurb 5y ago

So is a billion a lot or a little? I mean, did they count krill?

liketochill 5y ago
It’s a lot. It was mussels and oysters and similar organisms.
pvaldes 5y ago
The exact number of animals is not so relevant here in fact

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