Posted on OA: 22 Apr 2016 The critical role played by copepods in ocean ecology and biogeochemistry warrants an understanding of how these animals may respond to ocean acidification (OA). Whilst an appreciation of the potential direct effects of OA, due to elevated pCO2, on copepods is improving, little is
Month: April 2016
Pteropods on the edge: cumulative effects of ocean acidification, warming, and deoxygenation
Posted on OA: 20 Apr 2016 — Bednaršek N., Harvey C. J., Kaplan I. C., Feely R. A. & Možina J., in press. Progress in Oceanography. We review the state of knowledge of the individual and community responses of euthecosome (shelled) pteropods in the context of global environmental change. In
Ecosystem effects of shell aggregations and cycling in coastal waters: An example of Chesapeake Bay oyster reefs
Waldbusser, G.G., E.N. Powell, and R. Mann (2013). Ecology 94(4) Disease, overharvesting, and pollution have impaired the role of bivalves on coastal ecosystems, some to the point of functional extinction. An underappreciated function of many bivalves in these systems is shell formation. The ecological significance of bivalve shell has been