Ocean acidification and its potential effects on marine ecosystems

JM Guinotte, VJ Fabry - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean acidification is rapidly changing the carbonate system of the world oceans. Past mass
extinction events have been linked to ocean acidification, and the current rate of change in …

Metabolic interactions between algal symbionts and invertebrate hosts

D Yellowlees, TAV Rees, W Leggat - Plant, cell & environment, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Some invertebrates have enlisted autotrophic unicellular algae to provide a competitive
metabolic advantage in nutritionally demanding habitats. These symbioses exist primarily …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivities of extant animal taxa to ocean acidification

AC Wittmann, HO Pörtner - Nature climate change, 2013 - nature.com
Anthropogenic CO2 emitted to the atmosphere is absorbed by the oceans, causing a
progressive increase in ocean inorganic carbon concentrations and resulting in decreased …

[PDF][PDF] Impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs and other marine calcifiers: a guide for future research

JA Kleypas, RA Feely, VJ Fabry… - Report of a …, 2005 - researchgate.net
1.1 Background Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most impor-tant gases in the
atmosphere, affecting the radiative heat balance of the earth as well as the calcium …

Ocean acidification and calcifying reef organisms: a mesocosm investigation

PL Jokiel, KS Rodgers, IB Kuffner, AJ Andersson… - Coral reefs, 2008 - Springer
Abstract A long-term (10 months) controlled experiment was conducted to test the impact of
increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide (p CO 2) on common calcifying coral reef …

Predicting global habitat suitability for stony corals on seamounts

DP Tittensor, AR Baco, PE Brewin… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Globally, species distribution patterns in the deep sea are poorly resolved, with spatial
coverage being sparse for most taxa and true absence data missing. Increasing human …

Predicting suitable habitat for the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia)

AJ Davies, M Wisshak, JC Orr, JM Roberts - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2008 - Elsevier
Ecological-niche factor analysis (ENFA) was applied to the reef framework-forming cold-
water coral Lophelia pertusa. The environmental tolerances of this species were assessed …

Climate change impacts on coral reefs: synergies with local effects, possibilities for acclimation, and management implications

M Ateweberhan, DA Feary, S Keshavmurthy… - Marine pollution …, 2013 - Elsevier
Most reviews concerning the impact of climate change on coral reefs discuss independent
effects of warming or ocean acidification. However, the interactions between these, and …

Threatened Caribbean coral is able to mitigate the adverse effects of ocean acidification on calcification by increasing feeding rate

EK Towle, IC Enochs, C Langdon - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Global climate change threatens coral growth and reef ecosystem health via ocean warming
and ocean acidification (OA). Whereas the negative impacts of these stressors are …

Elevated water temperature and carbon dioxide concentration increase the growth of a keystone echinoderm

RA Gooding, CDG Harley… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Anthropogenic climate change poses a serious threat to biodiversity. In marine
environments, multiple climate variables, including temperature and CO2 concentration …