A critical need in California is to develop robust biological indicators that can be used to understand emerging impacts to marine systems arising from human-induced global change. Among the most worrisome environmental stressors are those associated with shifts in the carbonate system of seawater, including reductions in ocean pH and
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Response of Sea Urchin Fitness Traits to Environmental Gradients Across the Southern California Oxygen Minimum Zone
Authors Kirk N. Sato1*, 1, James M. D. Day1, Jennifer R. A. Taylor1, Michael B. Frank2, Jae-Young Jung2, Joanna McKittrick2,3 and Lisa Levin1 1Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States 2Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA,
Oysters and eelgrass: potential partners in a high pCO2 ocean
Authors Maya L. Groner, Colleen A. Burge, Ruth Cox, Natalie D. Rivlin, Mo Turner, Kathryn L. Van Alstyne, Sandy Wyllie‐Echeverria, John Bucci, Philip Staudigel, Carolyn S. Friedman Abstract Climate change is affecting the health and physiology of marine organisms and altering species interactions. Ocean acidification (OA) threatens calcifying organisms
Seasonal carbonate chemistry variability in marine surface waters of the US Pacific Northwest
Fingerprinting ocean acidification (OA) in US West Coast waters is extremely challenging due to the large magnitude of natural carbonate chemistry variations common to these regions. Additionally, quantifying a change requires information about the initial conditions, which is not readily available in most coastal systems. In an effort to address this issue,
Interactive effects of temperature, CO2 and nitrogen source on a coastal California diatom assemblage
Authors AVERY O. TATTERS, ASTRID SCHNETZER, KAI XU, NATHAN G. WALWORTH, FEIXUE FU, JENNA L. SPACKEEN, RACHEL E. SIPLER, ERIN M. BERTRAND, JEFFREY B. MCQUAID, ANDREW E. ALLEN, DEBORAH A. BRONK, KUNSHAN GAO, JUN SUN, DAVID A. CARON, DAVID A. HUTCHINS Abstract Diatoms are often considered to be a single
