Shintaro Takao (1)*, Masahiko Fujii (1) 1 Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 0600810, Japan Coastal marine organisms have already been experiencing low pH environment (< 7.9) that is not predicted to occur until 2100 in open ocean systems. To properly assess...
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M. Belal Hossain* and David J. Marshall Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tunkgu Link Brunei Darussalam, BE1410. Email: mbhnstu@gmail.com The invertebrate communities associated with hard substrata in estuaries are generally underexplored, despite the prevalence...
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José L. Iriarte (1,2)*, Michael DeGrandpre (3), Maximiliano Vergara (4), Cory Beatty (3), Rodrigo Torres (5,1), Luis A. Cuevas (6) 1 IDEAL, Universidad Austral de Chile and Instituo de Acuicultura, 5501558, Puerto Montt, Chile. 2 COPAS-Sur Austral, Universidad de Concepción,...
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Jim E. Greenwood (1)*, Victor W. Truesdale (2) 1 CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Perth, WA, 6014, Australia. 2 School of Life Sciences, Oxford-Brookes University, Oxford, OX3OBP, UK. Background Accurate representation of the dissolution kinetics of calcium carbonate in seawater is...
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Kate Sparks (1)*, Shawna Foo (2), Sven Uthicke (2), Maria Byrne (3), Miles Lamare (1) 1 Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 2 Schools of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,...
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Agneta Fransson (1)*, Melissa Chierici (2), Mats Granskog (1), Daiki Nomura (3), Philipp Assmy (1), Paul Dodd (1), Anja Rösel (1), Anna Silyakova (4), Harald Steen (1) 1 Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Troms, 9296, Norway 2 Institute of Marine Research,...
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Jake. R. Wallis (1)*, Kerrie, M. Swadling (2), So. Kawaguchi (2) 1 Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, Australia, 2 Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, 7050, Australia Ocean acidification, caused by the absorption of CO2, is at...
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Kannan Gunasekaran (1)*, Deivasigamani Selvam (1) and Ayyappan Saravanakumar (1) 1 Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University Parangipettai – 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India. *Corresponding author: bk.guna18@gmail.com Background Ocean has absorbed the one...
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Meltem Ok (1,2)*, Gabriele Stowasser (1), Sophie Fielding (1), Geraint Tarling (1) and Clara Manno (1) 1 British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom 2 Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, 33731, Erdemli, Mersin, Turkey Background...
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Matthew Keys (1,2)*, Gavin Tilstone (1), Helen Findlay (1), Karen Tait (1), Tracy Lawson (2). 1 Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3DH, United Kingdom. 2 University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom. Background Coastal zones support 10-15%...
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