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Description:
Author(s):
Enochs, I.C; D.P. Manzello; E.M. Donham; G. Kolodziej; R. Okano; L. Johnston; C. Young; J. Iguel; C.B. Edwards; M.D. Fox; L. Valentino; S. Johnson; D. Benavente; S.J. Clark; R. Cralton; T. Burton; Y. Eynaud; N.N. Price
Title:
Shift from coral to macroalgae dominance on a volcanically acidified reef
Publication Date:
2015
Journal Title:
Nature Climate Change
Volume:
5
Page(s):
1083-1088
Abstract:
"Rising anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere is accompanied by an increase in oceanic CO2 and a concomitant decline in seawater pH. The phenomemon, known as ocean acidification (OA), has been experimentally shown to impact the biology and ecology of numerous animals and plants, most notably those that precipitate calcium carbonate skeletons, such as reef-building corals. Volcanically acidified water at Maug, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is equivalent to near-future predictions for what coral reef ecosystems will experience worldwide due to OA."
Keywords:
climate-change ecology; community ecology; marine biology
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Electronic DOI:
Notes:
FY2013; CRCP Project ID: 198; CRCP Project: Domestic Coral Reef Conservation Grant Programs; Principal Investigator: Jenny Waddell; Grant Number: NA13NOS4820010 FY2014 CRCP Project ID 1131; Project Title: Rare Reefs in an Ocean Acidification Hotspot at Maug Island, CNMI; Principal Investigator: Ian Enochs
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