The carbon dioxide vents of Ischia, Italy, a natural system to assess impacts of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems: an overview of research and comparisons …

SA Foo, M Byrne, E Ricevuto… - … and marine biology, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
As the ocean continues to take up carbon dioxide (CO2), it is difficult to predict the future of
marine ecosystems. Natural CO2 vent sites, mainly of volcanic origin, that provide a pH …

The indirect effects of ocean acidification on corals and coral communities

TS Hill, MO Hoogenboom - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Ocean acidification (OA) is a major threat to marine calcifying organisms. This manuscript
gives an overview of the physiological effects of acidification on reef-building corals from a …

Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification

SL Garrard, MC Gambi, MB Scipione, FP Patti… - Journal of Experimental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ocean acidification has been shown to have highly variable effects, with many negative and
some positive responses from individual species, while community level effects are largely …

Living in future ocean acidification, physiological adaptive responses of the immune system of sea urchins resident at a CO2 vent system

O Migliaccio, A Pinsino, E Maffioli, AM Smith… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effects of ocean acidification, a major anthropogenic impact on marine life, have been
mainly investigated in laboratory/mesocosm experiments. We used the CO 2 vents at Ischia …

The importance of natural acidified systems in the study of ocean acidification: what have we learned?

S González-Delgado, JC Hernández - Advances in marine biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Human activity is generating an excess of atmospheric CO 2, resulting in what we know as
ocean acidification, which produces changes in marine ecosystems. Until recently, most of …

Red coral extinction risk enhanced by ocean acidification

C Cerrano, U Cardini, S Bianchelli, C Corinaldesi… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
The red coral Corallium rubrum is a habitat-forming species with a prominent and structural
role in mesophotic habitats, which sustains biodiversity hotspots. This precious coral is …

Benthic N2 fixation in coral reefs and the potential effects of human‐induced environmental change

U Cardini, VN Bednarz, RA Foster… - Ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical coral reefs are among the most productive and diverse ecosystems, despite being
surrounded by ocean waters where nutrients are in short supply. Benthic dinitrogen (N2) …

Seasonality Affects Macroalgal Community Response to Increases in pCO2

C Baggini, M Salomidi, E Voutsinas, L Bray… - PLOS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Ocean acidification is expected to alter marine systems, but there is uncertainty about its
effects due to the logistical difficulties of testing its large-scale and long-term effects …

Physiological and biochemical impacts induced by mercury pollution and seawater acidification in Hediste diversicolor

R Freitas, L de Marchi, A Moreira, JLT Pestana… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study evaluated the impacts of predicted seawater acidification and Hg
pollution, when stressors were acting alone and in combination, on the polychaete Hediste …

A snapshot of ocean acidification research

S Dupont, HO Pörtner - Marine Biology, 2013 - Springer
This special issue compiles 37 manuscripts investigating the biological impacts and societal
relevance of ocean acidification. It includes important considerations regarding experimental …