The impacts of ocean deoxygenation on biodiversity and ecosystem function are well established in temperate regions, and here we illustrate how the study of hypoxia in tropical ecosystems can offer insights of general importance. We first describe how mechanisms of resilience have developed in response to naturally occurring hypoxia across three tropical ecosystems: coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests. We then suggest that the vulnerability of these systems to deoxygenation lies in interactions with other stressors that are increasing rapidly in the Anthropocene. Finally, we advocate for the adoption of a broader community- and ecosystem-level perspective that incorporates mutualisms, feedbacks, and mechanisms of self-rescue and recovery to develop a better predictive understanding of the effects of deoxygenation in coastal ecosystems.

在温带地区，海洋脱氧对生物多样性和生态系统功能的影响已得到充分证实，在这里，我们说明了如何研究热带生态系统中的低氧现象可以提供具有普遍意义的见解。我们首先描述如何在三种热带生态系统（珊瑚礁，海草床和红树林）中响应自然发生的缺氧而建立适应力机制。然后，我们建议这些系统对脱氧的脆弱性在于与人类世中迅速增加的其他应激源的相互作用。最后，我们主张采用更广泛的社区和生态系统层面的观点，该观点将共生，反馈和自我救助与恢复的机制结合在一起，以更好地预测脱氧对沿海生态系统的影响。