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%...
- April 26, 2016
Cynthia H. Pilskaln (1), Zhaohui A. Wang (2), David W. Townsend (3), Gareth Lawson (4), Joseph Salisbury (5) 1 School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA 02744, USA 2 Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods...
- April 26, 2016
Francisco Navarrete-Mier (1,a), Patricia Castillo-Briceño (1,b) 1 Equatorial Biome & Ocean Acidification – EBiOAc, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí – ULEAM. Manta, Ecuador. a f.navarretemier@gmail.com b pat.castillo.briceno@gmail.com Background Equatorial populations of marine species are...
- April 26, 2016
Catarina Santos (1,2), Inês Rosa (1), Jorge Machado (2,3), Mariana Hinzmann (2,3), Marta Pimentel (1), Sofia Francisco (1), Rui Rosa (1)* 1 MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa,...
- April 26, 2016
Law C.S. (1,2)*, Cummings V.J. (1), Currie, K.I (3), Zeldis J.R. (4), Lamare M.D. (5), Ragg N.L.C. (6), Sewell M.A. (7), and the CARIM Team (1-7) 1 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, Greta Point, Kilbirnie, Wellington, 6002,...
- April 26, 2016
Thamasak Yeemin*, Makamas Sutthacheep, Wichin Suebpala, Sittiporn Pengsakun Marine Biodiversity Research Group, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand Background Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, mainly generated from human activities, causes a reduction in pH of seawater known as ‘ocean acidification’...
- April 26, 2016
Dong-Suck Chang (1)*, Sung Gak Hong (2), Hongsik Yu (3) 1 The National Academy of Sciences, Seoul, 06579, ROK 2 The National Academy of Sciences, Seoul, 06579, ROK 3 West Sea Fisheries Research Institute, NFRDI, Incheon, 22383, ROK Background Ocean...
- April 26, 2016
Mario Hoppema (1)*, Steven van Heuven (2), Rob Middag (3), Kim Currie (4), Oliver Huhn (5) 1 Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, 27515, Germany 2 Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, the Netherlands 3...
- April 26, 2016
Morgan T Meyers (1), Edward J Carpenter (1), William P Cochlan (1), Wim J Kimmerer (1) 1 Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, Tiburon, CA, 94920, USA Background Phytoplankton are the oceans’ primary producers of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), which...
- April 26, 2016
Giannina S.I. Hattich Background Ocean acidification negatively impacts calcification and growth rate of calcifying phytoplankton species. Under future conditions species and genotypes that are more resistant towards elevated pCO should thus have an advantage. Theory, however, states that “a jack...
- April 26, 2016