Impacts of marine heatwaves on organisms and ecosystem

Thomas Wernberg1, Mads S Thomsen2, Eric Oliver3, Neil John Holbrook4, Ben P Harvey5, Sandra C Straub1, Pippa J Moore6, Alistair J Hobday7, Michael T Burrows8, Marcus G Donat9, Alexander Sen Gupta10 and Dan E Smale11, (1)The University of Western Australia, UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, Perth, Australia, (2)School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand, (3)Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, (4)ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Hobart, Australia, (5)University of Tsukuba, Shimoda Marine Research Center, Japan, (6)Aberystwyth University, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, (7)CSIRO, Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Australia, (8)Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, United Kingdom, (9)University of New South Wales, Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, Australia, (10)ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, Australia, (11)Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, United Kingdom