Global Potential Refugia and Conservation Gaps for Threatened Marine Rays Under Future Climate Change
Tong Lu, Chengcheng Li, Weifeng Liu, Liang Liu, Tingting Li, Pipit Pitriana, Shenghao Liu · 2026
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Tong Lu and co-authors map global refugia and conservation gaps for threatened marine rays under future climate change, in a research paper from 2026. Rays grow slowly and recover poorly from loss, and many hug coasts and shelves that warm fast. Static protected areas may fail as habitats shift, so places that stay suitable matter most.
Models for eighty-five threatened species project habitat to the end of the century under a severe climate path. Losses cluster in tropical and subtropical coasts, while gains spread at higher latitudes. Stable hotspots define candidate refugia and core refugia. Only about a quarter of those areas sit inside current protected zones. The gaps guide new protection.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tong Lu, Chengcheng Li, Weifeng Liu, Liang Liu, Tingting Li, Pipit Pitriana, Shenghao Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |