Data and code for "Predator response diversity to warming enables ecosystem resilience in the Galápagos"

Data and R code for the manuscript "Predator response diversity to warming enables ecosystem resilience in the Galápagos".<br><br>Nicole Chico-Ortiz1, Esteban Agudo-Adriani1,2, Haley E. Capone2, Isabel Silva-Romero1,2, Margarita Brandt1,3, and John F. Bruno1,2,*<br>1Galapagos Science Center GSC, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ &amp; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Galápagos, Ecuador2Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 275993Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Diego de Robles s/n, 170901, Quito, Ecuador<br>AbstractAn important impact of global warming in nature is the decline of ecological functions such as primary production, habitat provision, and carbon sequestration. These functions can be disrupted when the species that perform them are impaired by anthropogenic warming or other stressors. Where there is a diversity of responses to warming among the species filling these roles, the function is more likely to be maintained despite the loss of the least tolerant species. However, the response diversity to warming of key functions is generally unknown, particularly for the roles played by predatory and marine species. Here we show that the thermal sensitivity of predation to acute warming varies substantially among four marine invertebrate carnivores: three whelks and a sea star that inhabit rocky reefs around the Galápagos islands. Two of the four predators were clearly adapted to cooler temperatures and their functional performance declined dramatically with experimental warming. In contrast, predation by two whelks, and one in particular, improved with warming, including beyond temperatures expected in 2100 under the most pessimistic emissions scenario. These results suggest that a high level of temperature response diversity of predation could help maintain this critical function in a variable and changing environment.<br>