Ocean acidification refugia in variable environments

L Kapsenberg, T Cyronak - Global Change Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change refugia in the terrestrial biosphere are areas where species are protected
from global environmental change and arise from natural heterogeneity in landscapes and …

Physiological and behavioural strategies of aquatic animals living in fluctuating environments

TA Blewett, SA Binning, AM Weinrauch… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Shallow or near-shore environments, such as ponds, estuaries and intertidal zones, are
among the most physiologically challenging of all aquatic settings. Animals inhabiting these …

Upper environmental pCO2 drives sensitivity to ocean acidification in marine invertebrates

CA Vargas, LA Cuevas, BR Broitman… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Minimizing the impact of ocean acidification requires an understanding of species
responses and environmental variability of population habitats. Whereas the literature is …

Kelp beds and their local effects on seawater chemistry, productivity, and microbial communities

CA Pfister, MA Altabet, BL Weigel - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests are known as key habitats for species diversity and macroalgal productivity;
however, we know little about how these biogenic habitats interact with seawater chemistry …

Oxygen supersaturation protects coastal marine fauna from ocean warming

F Giomi, A Barausse, CM Duarte, J Booth, S Agusti… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Ocean warming affects the life history and fitness of marine organisms by, among others,
increasing animal metabolism and reducing oxygen availability. In coastal habitats, animals …

Drivers of biogeochemical variability in a central California kelp forest: implications for local amelioration of ocean acidification

HK Hirsh, KJ Nickols, Y Takeshita… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests are among the world's most productive marine ecosystems, and they have the
potential to locally ameliorate ocean acidification (OA). In order to understand the …

Ocean pH fluctuations affect mussel larvae at key developmental transitions

L Kapsenberg, A Miglioli, MC Bitter… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coastal marine ecosystems experience dynamic fluctuations in seawater carbonate
chemistry. The importance of this variation in the context of ocean acidification requires …

Fragmented kelp forest canopies retain their ability to alter local seawater chemistry

KA Murie, PE Bourdeau - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Kelp forests support some of the most productive and diverse ecosystems on Earth, and their
ability to uptake dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) allows them to modify local seawater …

Ecosystem metabolism drives pH variability and modulates long-term ocean acidification in the Northeast Pacific coastal ocean

AT Lowe, J Bos, J Ruesink - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Ocean acidification poses serious threats to coastal ecosystem services, yet few empirical
studies have investigated how local ecological processes may modulate global changes of …

Transcriptomics reveal transgenerational effects in purple sea urchin embryos: Adult acclimation to upwelling conditions alters the response of their progeny to …

JM Wong, KM Johnson, MW Kelly… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the mechanisms with which organisms can respond to a rapidly changing
ocean is an important research priority in marine sciences, especially in the light of recent …