Food supply confers calcifiers resistance to ocean acidification
Ramajo, L.; Pérez-León, E.; Hendriks, I.E.; Marba, N.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Sejr, M.K.; Blicher, M.E.; Lagos, N.A.; Olsen, Y.S.; Duarte, C.M. (2016). Food supply confers calcifiers resistance to ocean acidification. NPG Scientific Reports 6(19374): 6 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19374
In: Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group). Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 2045-2322; e-ISSN 2045-2322, more
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| Keywords |
Climate Change
Environmental Managers & Monitoring
Fisheries > Stock Assessment
Marine Sciences > Oceanography
Scientific Community
Scientific Publication
Marine/Coastal |
| Project | Top | Authors |
- Association of European marine biological laboratories, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Ramajo, L.
- Pérez-León, E.
- Hendriks, I.E., more
- Marba, N.
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- Krause-Jensen, D.
- Sejr, M.K.
- Blicher, M.E.
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- Lagos, N.A.
- Olsen, Y.S.
- Duarte, C.M., more
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| Abstract |
Invasion of ocean surface waters by anthropogenic CO2 emitted to the atmosphere is expected to reduce surface seawater pH to 7.8 by the end of this century compromising marine calcifiers. A broad range of biological and mineralogical mechanisms allow marine calcifiers to cope with ocean acidification, however these mechanisms are energetically demanding which affect other biological processes (trade-offs) with important implications for the resilience of the organisms against stressful conditions. Hence, food availability may play a critical role in determining the resistance of calcifiers to OA. Here we show, based on a meta-analysis of existing experimental results assessing the role of food supply in the response of organisms to OA, that food supply consistently confers calcifiers resistance to ocean acidification. |
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