Climate Change and Aquaculture in Long Island Sound

Provided by: Connecticut Sea Grant |Published on: May 24, 2024

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This research brief describes how climate change affects aquaculture in the Connecticut region of the Long Island Sound.
Students will read about the effects of increasing temperatures, precipitation, ocean acidification, and extreme weather on Connecticut's fisheries and aquaculture infrastructure.

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Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences

Authors: Tessa L. Getchis, David Carey

Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Connecticut, Coastal CT

Languages: English

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This resource is packed with information while remaining concise and brief.
Students will enjoy looking at the photographs included throughout the reading.

Additional Prerequisites

Some students may need the terms aquaculture, salinity, pH, estuarine, and others defined before they read the resource.
Students should understand what climate change is and its impacts.

Differentiation

Teachers can read the introduction section as a class and then assign the other sections to groups of students to practice summarizing for the rest of the class.
Students can imagine themselves as someone who owns an aquaculture operation and brainstorm adaptation and mitigation strategies to counteract one of the impacts addressed in the reading.
After reading this, students may want to learn more about sea level rise, weather events, ocean acidification, and extreme heat.

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