Audio: SommerOystersClimate.mp3 Seagrasses from Tomales Bay. (Lauren Sommer/KQED) The impacts of climate change aren’t a distant threat for the Pacific shellfish industry. Acidifying seawater is already causing problems for oyster farms along the West Coast and it’s only expected to get worse. That has one Bay Area oyster farm looking
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Seasonal variation in aragonite saturation in surface waters of Puget Sound – a pilot study
A pilot study of sampling, using monthly marine flights over spatially distributed stations, was conducted with the aim to characterize the carbonate system in Puget Sound over a full year-long period. Surface waters of Puget Sound were found to be under-saturated with respect to aragonite during October–March, and super-saturated
Interactive effects of temperature, CO2 and nitrogen source on a coastal California diatom assemblage
Diatoms are often considered to be a single functional group, yet there is a great deal of morphological, genetic and ecological diversity within the class. How these differences will translate into species-specific responses to rapid changes in the ocean environment resulting from climate change and eutrophication is currently poorly
Marine vegetation can mitigate ocean acidification, study finds
Study authors Nyssa Silbiger, then a UCI postdoctoral researcher, and UCI graduate student Laura Elsberry (standing) survey tide-pool communities at Corona del Mar State Beach. Credit: Cascade Sorte / UCI Marine plants and seaweeds in shallow coastal ecosystems can play a key role in alleviating the effects of ocean
Ocean acidification means major changes for California mussels
January 7, 2018 McCoy and her team found that ocean acidification has begun to change California mussel shells on a basic structural level. Credit: Sophie McCoy Accelerating ocean acidification could be transforming the fundamental structure of California mussel shells, according to a new report from a Florida State University-led