Published in Earth & Climate: June 12, 2013 — Sea urchin research at the Hofmann Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara UCSB Researcher Morgan Kelly holds a red urchin, close relative of the purple urchin, one of several species studied in the Hofmann lab for their response to OA. In
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OSU Study Explains How Even A Little Ocean Acidification Can Kill Baby Oysters
Posted on OPB News – Ecotrope | June 12, 2013 — Contributed by Cassandra Profita Courtesy of George Waldbusser and Elizabeth Brunner of Oregon State University This image shows 1-day old Pacific oyster larvae from the same parents, raised by the Taylors Shellfish Hatchery in natural waters of Dabob
Ocean acidification – how are shellfish and shellfish growers coping?
Posted on EPOCA: 12 Jun 2013 — Presentation by Bill Dewey, Production Manager, Taylor Shellfish Farms at University of California Irvine Presentation by Bill Dewey, Production Manager, Taylor Shellfish Farms. University of California Irvine (via Youtube), 28 May 2013. Video.
World Oceans Month Brings Mixed News for Oysters
NSF Press Release 13-102 — Ocean acidification inhibits shell formation, but interventions at hatcheries may offset some effects, scientists find Research site in Netarts Bay, Oregon, at low tide; rows of bags contain seed oysters. Credit: R. Mabardy, OSU June 11, 2013 In World Oceans Month, there’s mixed news for
The intensity, duration, and severity of low aragonite saturation state events on the California continental shelf
Posted on EPOCA: 09 Jun 2013 — Hauri C., Gruber N., McDonnell A. M. P. & Vogt M., in press. Geophysical Research Letters. Ocean acidification will progress in an episodic manner, yet this has rarely been considered. Here, we investigate how the intensity, duration, and severity of episodic low aragonite