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
Peter Thor (1)*, Allison Bailey (1), Sam Dupont (2), Piero Calosi (3), Pierre De Wit (4), Torkel Gissel Nielsen (5), Janne Søreide (6), Haakon Hop (1) 1 Norwegian Polar Institute, Framcentre, Tromsø, NO-9296, Norway 2 University of Gothenburg, Dept. of...
- April 26, 2016
Sara G. Shen (1)*, David M. Checkley, Jr. (1) 1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA Background We investigated the effects of pCO2 on the (1) morphology and behavior of fish larvae...
- April 26, 2016
Pamela Kamya (1)*, Symon A. Dworjanyn (1), Maria Byrne (2) 1 National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 2 Schools of Medical and Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
- April 26, 2016
Priscila Goncalves (1,2)*, Emma L. Thompson (1,2), David A. Raftos (1,2) 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. 2 Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Chowder Bay, NSW 2088, Australia. Background Climate change is increasing the acidity and...
- April 26, 2016
Megan J. Welch (1,2)* and Philip L. Munday (1) 1 ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia 2 College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia Background...
- April 26, 2016
Thompson, Emma L. (1)*, O’Connor, Wayne (2), Parker, Laura (3), Ross, Pauline (4), Raftos, David (5) 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2199 2 NSW Department of Primary Industries Port Stephens Fisheries Research Institute, Taylors Beach, NSW,...
- April 26, 2016
Michaël Grelaud (1) and Patrizia Ziveri (1)* 1 Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Background Coccolithophores are marine phytoplanktonic organisms that play a significant role in both the marine food web and the...
- April 26, 2016
Kennedy Wolfe (1)*, Francisco Vidal Ramirez (2), Sophie G Dove (2), Maria Byrne (1,3) (1) School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia (2) School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, QLD 4067, Australia (3) School...
- April 26, 2016