... for organisms to “calcify” Corals and other coralline algae may be significantly threatened; data suggest reduced growth May strongly favor communities dominated by fleshy species All tropical invasive algae are fleshy/non-calcified spp. and may become more successful as calcifiers ...
Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers: A Guide for Future Research . Report of a workshop held 18-20 April 2005, St. Petersburg, FL, sponsored by NSF, NOAA, and the U.S. Geological Survey. 88 pgs. p.3. 32 Id. 33 pH is defined qualitatively as a measurement of the ...
Ocean acidification, the 'other CO 2 problem, may precipitate serious consequences for numerous marine organisms over the near term, in particular calcifiers at the bottom of the food web.
Adding carbon dioxide (CO 2) to the ocean alters the carbonate chemistry and lowers pH, making surface waters more acidic and decreasing the carbonate ions available to calcifiers for calcite and aragonite production.
Much effort has been invested during the last years in studying calcification processes in coccolithophores (e.g., Westbroek et al. 1989; Holligan et al. 1993), however, the net effect of these organisms as calcifiers in the global carbon cycle may be reduced because they photosynthesize and calcify at ...
"Ocean science - Marine calcifiers in a high-CO 2 ocean." Science 320(5879): 1020-1022. Feely, R. A., C. L. Sabine, et al. (2008). "Evidence for upwelling of corrosive "acidified" water onto the continental shelf."
Instead, aquatic plants, including various angiosperms, cyanobacteria, and especially the alga Chara, appeared to be the dominant calcifiers. Davis also noted that some plants calcify far more than others and speculated that simple photosynthetic CO2 removal from the water was not the only cause of ...
Impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs and other marine calcifiers: A guide to future research. Report of a workshop held 18-20 April 2005, St. Petersburg, FL, sponsored by NSF, NOAA, and the U.S. Geological Survey, 88 pp. Kurihara, K. and Shirayama, Y. 2004.
The influence of ocean acidification on marine organisms other than calcifiers, could include decreased reproductive potential, slower growth or increased susceptibility to disease.
Changes in seawater CO 2 chemistry and impacts to biota The Ocean in a High CO 2 World UNESCO, May 2004 Workshop on the Impacts of Increased CO 2 on Marine Calcifiers NSF/NOAA/USGS, April 2005 Ocean Acidification Due to Increasing Carbon Dioxide, Report of The Royal Society, released June 2005