Posted on University of Chicago Science Life: February 6, 2013 — Posted by Matt Wood in ecology Tatoosh Island, Washington (photo from the Pfister Lab) Over the past 20 years, Cathy Pfister and her husband Tim Wootton, both biologists in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, have been traveling to Tatoosh Island off
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An automated system for spectrophotometric seawater pH measurements
Posted on EPOCA: 04 Feb 2013 — Carter B. R., Radich J. A., Doyle H. L. & Dickson A. G., 2013. Limnology and Oceanography Methods — A new approach for using purified dyes at a range of temperatures and salinities (Liu et al. 2011) stands to greatly reduce uncertainty (currently
Scallops, too, are victims of greenhouse gas emissions
Posted on EPOCA: 24 Jan 2013 — Rob Saunders, CEO of Island Scallops in British Columbia, participated in a media tour of Hog Island Oyster Company in CA in November 2012 and spoke about observed impacts of OA on scallops. We’ve all heard about global warming, and we know
Scientific Summary of Ocean Acidification in Washington State Marine Waters
NOAA OAR Special Report — Washington Shellfish Initiative Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification, Final Report Preamble: This Scientific Summary was developed through the combined efforts of a group of natural scientists from Washington State with assistance from colleagues in Oregon. The purpose of the white paper is specifically to
Transcriptomic responses to ocean acidification in larval sea urchins from a naturally variable pH environment
Posted on EPOCA: 21 Jan 2013 — Evans T. G., Chan F., Menge B. A. & Hofmann G. E., in press, Molecular Ecology Some marine ecosystems already experience natural declines in pH approximating those predicted with future anthropogenic ocean acidification (OA), the decline in seawater pH caused by the absorption