FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea BT AF Garrabou, Joaquim Gómez‐Gras, Daniel Medrano, Alba Cerrano, Carlo Ponti, Massimo Schlegel, Robert Bensoussan, Nathaniel Turicchia, Eva Sini, Maria Gerovasileiou, Vasilis Teixido, Nuria Mirasole, Alice Tamburello, Laura Cebrian, Emma Rilov, Gil Ledoux, Jean‐Baptiste Souissi, Jamila Ben Khamassi, Faten Ghanem, Raouia Benabdi, Mouloud Grimes, Samir Ocaña, Oscar Bazairi, Hocein Hereu, Bernat Linares, Cristina Kersting, Diego Kurt la Rovira, Graciel Ortega, Júlia Casals, David Pagès‐Escolà, Marta Margarit, Núria Capdevila, Pol Verdura, Jana Ramos, Alfonso Izquierdo, Andres Barbera, Carmen Rubio‐Portillo, Esther Anton, Irene López‐Sendino, Paula Díaz, David Vázquez‐Luis, Maite Duarte, Carlos Marbà, Nuria Aspillaga, Eneko Espinosa, Free Grech, Daniele Guala, Ivan Azzurro, Ernesto Farina, Simone Cristina Gambi, Maria Chimienti, Giovanni Montefalcone, Monica Azzola, Annalisa Mantas, Torcuato Pulido Fraschetti, Simonetta Ceccherelli, Giulia Kipson, Silvija Bakran‐Petricioli, Tatjana Petricioli, Donat Jimenez, Carlos Katsanevakis, Stelios Kizilkaya, Inci Tuney Kizilkaya, Zafer Sartoretto, Stephane Elodie, Rouanet Ruitton, Sandrine Comeau, Steeve Gattuso, Jean‐Pierre Harmelin, Jean‐Georges AS 1:1,2;2:1,3;3:3;4:4,5;5:6,7;6:8;7:1,2;8:6,7;9:9;10:10,11;11:8,12;12:12;13:12;14:13;15:14;16:1,15;17:16,17;18:16;19:17;20:18;21:19;22:20;23:21;24:3;25:3;26:3;27:3;28:3;29:3;30:3;31:3;32:22;33:23;34:24;35:25;36:24;37:26;38:25;39:1;40:27;41:27;42:28,29;43:29;44:29;45:30;46:31;47:31;48:12,32;49:33;50:34;51:7,35;52:36;53:36;54:4;55:7,37;56:38;57:39,40;58:40;59:41;60:42,43;61:9;62:44;63:45;64:46;65:47;66:2;67:8;68:8,48;69:47; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:;21:;22:;23:;24:;25:;26:;27:;28:;29:;30:;31:;32:;33:;34:;35:;36:;37:;38:;39:;40:;41:;42:;43:;44:;45:;46:;47:;48:;49:;50:;51:;52:;53:;54:;55:;56:;57:;58:;59:;60:;61:;62:;63:;64:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC;65:;66:;67:;68:;69:; C1 Institut de Ciències del Mar‐CSIC Barcelona ,Spain Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO Aix Marseille Univ Marseille, France Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBIO) Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Dept of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche Ancona, Italy Fano Marine Centre, Fano, Italy Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences University of Bologna Ravenna, Italy CoNISMa, Rome, Italy Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche Sorbonne, Université, CNRS, Villefranche‐sur‐mer, France Department of Marine Sciences University of the Aegean Mytilene,Greece Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment Ionian University Zakynthos, Greece Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC) Heraklion, Greece Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology Ischia Marine Centre Naples, Italy Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB‐CSIC) Girona ,Spain National Institute of Oceanography Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR) Haifa ,Israel CIIMAR‐Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research University of Porto Matosinhos ,Portugal National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia Tunis University of Carthage Tunis ,Tunisia Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Climate Change Laboratory‐LR11ES09 University of Tunis El Manar Tunis ,Tunisia Abyss Environmental Services Algiers ,Algeria Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l'Aménagement (ENSSMAL) Alger, Algeria MMC (Museo del Mar de Ceuta) Ceuta ,Spain Laboratory 'Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome', Faculty of Sciences Mohamed V University in Rabat Rabat, Morocco School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol Bristol, UK Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS Nice ,France Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada Universidad de Alicante Alicante, Spain CIMAR—Universidad de Alicante Alicante, Spain Dpt. Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology Alicante,Spain Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares (IEO‐CSIC) Palma de Mallorca ,Spain Red Sea Research Center King Abudllah University of Science and Technology Thuwal ,Saudi Arabia Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats Mallorca,Spain Laboratorio de Biología Marina Universidad de Sevilla Sevilla, Spain IMC—International Marine Centre Oristano, Italy CNR‐IRBIM, NR‐IRBIM, National Research Council Institute of Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies Ancona ,Italy Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Deptartment of Integrative Marine Ecology Genoa Marine Centre Genoa ,Italy National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, OGS Trieste ,Italy Department of Biology University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari,Italy Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences University of Genoa Genoa, Italy Department of Biology University of Naples Federico II Naples ,Italy Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia University of Sassari Sassari ,Italy SEAFAN Zagreb ,Croatia Faculty of Science, Department of Biology University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia D.I.I.V. Ltd for Marine, Freshwater and Subterranean Ecology Sali ,Croatia Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre Nicosia ,Cyprus The Cyprus Institute Energy Environment and Water Research Center Aglantzia ,Cyprus Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Ege University Izmir, Turkey Mediterranean Conservation Society Izmir, Turkey IFREMER, Brest, France GIS Posidonie, OCEANOMED—MIO—Case 901 Marseille, France Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations. Sciences Po, Paris, France C2 ICM CSIC, SPAIN UNIV TOULON, FRANCE UNIV BARCELONA, SPAIN UNIV MARCHE, ITALY FANO MARINE CTR, ITALY UNIV BOLOGNA, ITALY CONISMA, ITALY UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE UNIV AEGEAN, GREECE UNIV IONAN, GREECE HELLENIC CTR MARINE RES, GREECE STAZ ZOOL ANTON DOHRN, ITALY CEAB‐CSIC, SPAIN IOLR, ISRAEL CIIMAR, PORTUGAL UNIV CATHAGE, TUNISIA UNIV TUNIS, TUNISIA ABYSS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, ALGERIA ENSSMAL, ALGERIA MMC, SPAIN UNIV RABAT, MOROCCO UNIV BRISTOL, UK UNIV NICE, FRANCE UNIV ALICANTE, SPAIN CIMAR, SPAIN UNIV ALICANTE, SPAIN IEO‐CSIC, SPAIN UNIV KING ABDULLAH KAUST, SAUDI ARABIA IMEDEA, SPAIN UNIV SEVILLA, SPAIN IMC, ITALY CNR IRBIM, ITALY STAZ ZOOL ANTON DOHRN, ITALY OGS, ITALY UNIV BARI ALDO MORO, ITALY UNIV GENOA, ITALY UNIV NAPLES, ITALY UNIV SASSARI, ITALY SEAFAN, CROATIA UNIV ZAGREB, CROATIA DIIV LTD, CROATIA ENALIA PHYSIS, CYPRUS EEWRC, CYPRUS UNIV IZMIR, TURKEY MEDITERRANEAN CONSERV SOC, TURKEY IFREMER, FRANCE GIS POSIDONIE, FRANCE IDDRI, FRANCE SI TOULON SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 11.6 TC 145 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00787/89888/95381.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00787/89888/95382.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00787/89888/95383.mp4 LA English DT Article DE ;climate change;coralligenous habitats;foundation species;habitat-forming species;impact assessment;marine conservation;marine heatwaves;temperate reefs AB Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) and mass mortality events (MMEs) of marine organisms are one of their main ecological impacts. Here, we show that during the 2015–2019 period, the Mediterranean Sea has experienced exceptional thermal conditions resulting in the onset of five consecutive years of widespread MMEs across the basin. These MMEs affected thousands of kilometers of coastline from the surface to 45 m, across a range of marine habitats and taxa (50 taxa across 8 phyla). Significant relationships were found between the incidence of MMEs and the heat exposure associated with MHWs observed both at the surface and across depths. Our findings reveal that the Mediterranean Sea is experiencing an acceleration of the ecological impacts of MHWs which poses an unprecedented threat to its ecosystems' health and functioning. Overall, we show that increasing the resolution of empirical observation is critical to enhancing our ability to more effectively understand and manage the consequences of climate change. PY 2022 PD OCT SO Global Change Biology SN 1354-1013 PU Wiley VL 28 IS 19 UT 000826426300001 BP 5708 EP 5725 DI 10.1111/gcb.16301 ID 89888 ER EF