Is ocean acidification really a threat to marine calcifiers? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of 980+ studies spanning two decades

JYS Leung, S Zhang, SD Connell - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean acidification is considered detrimental to marine calcifiers, but mounting contradictory
evidence suggests a need to revisit this concept. This systematic review and meta‐analysis …

Ocean acidification promotes broad transcriptomic responses in marine metazoans: a literature survey

ME Strader, JM Wong, GE Hofmann - Frontiers in Zoology, 2020 - Springer
For nearly a decade, the metazoan-focused research community has explored the impacts
of ocean acidification (OA) on marine animals, noting that changes in ocean chemistry can …

Meta‐analysis of the coral environmental stress response: Acropora corals show opposing responses depending on stress intensity

G Dixon, E Abbott, M Matz - Molecular Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As climate change progresses, reef‐building corals must contend more often with
suboptimal conditions, motivating a need to understand coral stress response. Here, we test …

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 …

Effects of ocean acidification on the settlement and metamorphosis of marine invertebrate and fish larvae: a review

N Espinel-Velasco, L Hoffmann, A Agüera… - Marine Ecology …, 2018 - int-res.com
Most marine organisms present an indirect lifecycle where a planktonic larval stage reaches
competency before settling to the substrate and metamorphosing. Despite the critical …

Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Marine Invertebrate Behavior at Elevated CO2

JT Thomas, PL Munday, SA Watson - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can alter ecologically important behaviors in a range
of marine invertebrate taxa; however, a clear mechanistic understanding of these behavioral …

Developmental series of gene expression clarifies maternal mRNA provisioning and maternal-to-zygotic transition in a reef-building coral

E Chille, E Strand, M Neder, V Schmidt, M Sherman… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Maternal mRNA provisioning of oocytes regulates early embryogenesis.
Maternal transcripts are degraded as zygotic genome activation (ZGA) intensifies, a …

Direct and latent effects of ocean acidification on the transition of a sea urchin from planktonic larva to benthic juvenile

N Dorey, E Butera, N Espinel-Velasco, S Dupont - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Ongoing ocean acidification is expected to affect marine organisms and ecosystems. While
sea urchins can tolerate a wide range of pH, this comes at a high energetic cost, and early …

Larvae of a marine gastropod and a marine bivalve share common gene expression signatures during metamorphic competence

Z Zeng, C Jiang, Q Tan, B Tang, Z Huang - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
Many aquatic invertebrates undergo an indirect development, a biphasic life cycle which
encompasses the transformation of free-swimming larvae into benthic juveniles via …

Complex dynamics of coral gene expression responses to low pH across species

VZ Radice, A Martinez, A Paytan, DC Potts… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coral capacity to tolerate low pH affects coral community composition and, ultimately, reef
ecosystem function. Low pH submarine discharges ('Ojo'; Yucatán, México) represent a …