Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region

Jonatha Giddens; Donald R. Kobayashi; Gabriella N. M. Mukai; Jacob Asher; Charles Birkeland; Mark Fitchett; Mark A. Hixon; Melanie Hutchinson; Bruce C. Mundy; Joseph M. O’Malley; Marlowe Sabater; Molly Scott; Jennifer Stahl; Rob Toonen; Michael Trianni; Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats; Johanna L. K. Wren; Mark Nelson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0270930

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Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region

Jonatha Giddens ,

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

¶‡ JG, DRK, and GNMM are Joint Senior Authors in this work.

Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, National Geographic Society Exploration Technology Lab, Washington, DC, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4999-2245

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Donald R. Kobayashi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: donald.kobayashi@noaa.gov

¶‡ JG, DRK, and GNMM are Joint Senior Authors in this work.

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1582-1544

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Gabriella N. M. Mukai ,

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ JG, DRK, and GNMM are Joint Senior Authors in this work.

Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Jacob Asher ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, The Red Sea Development Company, Riyadh, KSA
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Charles Birkeland ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Mark Fitchett ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Mark A. Hixon ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Melanie Hutchinson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Bruce C. Mundy ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Ocean Research Explorations, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2091-9228

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Joseph M. O’Malley ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Marlowe Sabater ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Molly Scott ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Jennifer Stahl ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Rob Toonen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Michael Trianni ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Johanna L. K. Wren ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Mark Nelson

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Office of Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2575-2183

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Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region

Jonatha Giddens,
Donald R. Kobayashi,
Gabriella N. M. Mukai,
Jacob Asher,
Charles Birkeland,
Mark Fitchett,
Mark A. Hixon,
Melanie Hutchinson,
Bruce C. Mundy,
Joseph M. O’Malley

Published: July 8, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270930

About the Authors

Jonatha Giddens

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

¶‡ JG, DRK, and GNMM are Joint Senior Authors in this work.

Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, National Geographic Society Exploration Technology Lab, Washington, DC, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4999-2245

Donald R. Kobayashi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: donald.kobayashi@noaa.gov

¶‡ JG, DRK, and GNMM are Joint Senior Authors in this work.

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1582-1544

Gabriella N. M. Mukai

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ JG, DRK, and GNMM are Joint Senior Authors in this work.

Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Jacob Asher

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob Asher, Charles Birkeland, Mark Fitchett, Mark A. Hixon, Melanie Hutchinson, Bruce C. Mundy, Joseph M. O’Malley, Marlowe Sabater, Molly Scott, Jennifer Stahl, Rob Toonen, Michael Trianni, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Johanna L. K. Wren, Mark Nelson

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, The Red Sea Development Company, Riyadh, KSA

Charles Birkeland

Roles Investigation

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Mark Fitchett

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Mark A. Hixon

Roles Investigation

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Melanie Hutchinson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Bruce C. Mundy

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Ocean Research Explorations, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2091-9228

Joseph M. O’Malley

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Marlowe Sabater

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Molly Scott

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Jennifer Stahl

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Rob Toonen

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Michael Trianni

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Johanna L. K. Wren

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Mark Nelson

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Office of Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2575-2183

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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