A Climate Data Access and Visualization Tool for Marine Ecosystem Managers

摘要

1. Introduction Marine ecosystems are under increasing pressure from climate change and variations. Climate drivers such as changing water temperature, water chemistry (e.g., pH, salinity), water level, or storminess result in adverse responses including mass mortality, loss of habitat, increased disease susceptibility, and trophic cascade feedbacks. However, although there exists a great quantity of climate data, and a variety of tools are available to aid in obtaining and displaying these data, marine ecosystem managers are faced with challenges in their attempts to obtain appropriate climate data and to transform those data into meaningful visualizations capable of supporting sound management decisions.