Article
Biochemical adaptation to ocean acidification.
The Journal of experimental biology - 1 Jun 2015
Stillman Jonathon H, Paganini Adam W
Abstract excerpt
The change in oceanic carbonate chemistry due to increased atmospheric PCO2 has caused pH to decline in marine surface waters, a phenomenon known as ocean acidification (OA). The effects of OA on organisms have been shown to be widespread among diverse taxa from a wide range of habitats. The majority of studies of organismal response to OA are in short-term exposures to future levels of PCO2 . From such studies,...
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- Acclimatization
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Carbon Dioxide
- Climate Change
- Genetic Variation