Posted on OAP: NOAA funds shellfish farmers and scientists to expand Pacific Coast monitoring with $1.4 million over three years. NOAA is providing a grant of $1.4 million over three years to help shellfish growers and scientific experts work together to expand ocean acidification (OA) monitoring in waters that
Month: February 2015
Acidity and Oysters (video)
Posted on OA: 10 Feb 2015 — featuring OSU professor George Waldbusser Oregon State University, via Youtube, 5 February 2015. Video. For several years, ocean acidification has taken a toll on the Pacific Northwest oyster industry. Research by George Waldbusser has uncovered telling clues about why oysters appear to be so sensitive
Coralline algae (Rhodophyta) in a changing world: integrating ecological, physiological, and geochemical responses to global change
Posted on OA: 9 Feb 2015 — McCoy S. J. & Kamenos N. A., 2015. Journal of Phycology 51:6–24 Coralline algae are globally distributed benthic primary producers that secrete calcium carbonate skeletons. In the context of ocean acidification, they have received much recent attention due to the potential vulnerability
Is pH a Red Herring for Ocean Acidification?
Posted on Climate Central: 7 Feb 2015 — By Virginia Gewin, Ensia Credit: chesbayprogram/flickr In 2007, the owners of Whiskey Creek oyster hatchery on the Oregon coast lost almost all of their larvae — and had no idea why. The only clue was that the larval die-offs often occurred during
Chemical clues in fossil shells may help us understand today’s ocean acidification
Posted on Mongabay.com: 04 Feb 2015 — By Brendan Bane As atmospheric CO2 levels rise, so too do those in the sea, leading to ocean acidification that outpaces that of any other time in tens of millions of years. Some effects of ocean acidification are imminent, like the fact
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