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Evidence for upwelling of corrosive “acidified” water onto the continental shelf
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide into the ocean lowers the pH of the waters. This so-called ocean acidification could have important consequences for marine...
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A regression modeling approach for studying carbonate system variability in the northern Gulf of Alaska
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The northern Gulf of Alaska (GOA) shelf experiences carbonate system variability on seasonal and annual time scales, but little information exists to resolve higher frequency...
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Strategies of dissolved inorganic carbon use in macroalgae across a gradient of terrestrial influence: implications for the Great Barrier Reef in the context of ocean acidification
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Macroalgae are generally used as indicators of coral reef status; thus, understanding the drivers and mechanisms leading to increased macroalgal abundance are of critical...
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Interactive effects of oyster and seaweed on seawater dissolved inorganic carbon systems: implications for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
We examined the separate effect of Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata and the interactive effects of oyster and red seaweed Gracilaria lemaneiformis on seawater dissolved...
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Fates of vent CO2 and its impact on carbonate chemistry in the shallow-water hydrothermal field offshore Kueishantao Islet, NE Taiwan
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Increasing public awareness of anthropogenic CO2 emissions and consequent global change has stimulated the development of pragmatic approaches for the study of shallow-water CO2...
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Exposure to carbon dioxide-rich seawater is stressful for some deep-sea species: an in situ, behavioral study
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the concentration of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased from 275 to 370 ppm; the increase is...
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Are mangroves drivers or buffers of coastal acidification? Insights from alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon export estimates across a latitudinal transect
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Mangrove forests are hotspots in the global carbon cycle, yet the fate for a majority of mangrove net primary production remains unaccounted for. The relative proportions of...
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The synergistic effects of ocean acidification and organic metabolism on calcium carbonate (CaCO3) dissolution in coral reef sediments
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Ocean acidification (OA) is expected to reduce the net ecosystem calcification (NEC) rates and overall accretion of coral reef ecosystems. However, despite the fact that...
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CO2 maximum in the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), known as suboxic layers which are mainly localized in the Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems, have been expanding since the 20th “high CO2″ century,...
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Effects of ocean warming and acidification on survival, growth and skeletal development in the early benthic juvenile sea urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Co-occurring ocean warming, acidification and reduced carbonate mineral saturation have significant impacts on marine biota, especially calcifying organisms. The effects of...
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Seasonal variability of aragonite saturation state in the western pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The oceanic uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) since pre-industrial times has increased acidity levels, resulting in a decrease in the pH and aragonite saturation state...
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Transcriptomic responses to ocean acidification in larval sea urchins from a naturally variable pH environment
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Some marine ecosystems already experience natural declines in pH approximating those predicted with future anthropogenic ocean acidification (OA), the decline in seawater pH...
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Automated spectrophotometric determination of carbonate ion concentration in seawater using a portable syringe pump based analyzer
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Observations of seawater carbonate ion concentrations are critical to assess the ecological effects of ocean acidification. Nevertheless, currently available methods are labor...
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Impacts of multiple environmental stressors on coral reef erosion and secondary accretion
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Ocean acidification threatens to shift coral reefs from net accreting to net eroding. While corals build reefs through accretion of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) skeletons, net reef...
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Community production modulates coral reef pH and the sensitivity of ecosystem calcification to ocean acidification
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Coral reefs are built of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) produced biogenically by a diversity of calcifying plants, animals and microbes. As the ocean warms and acidifies, there is...
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Coccolithophore responses to environmental variability in the South China Sea: species composition and calcite content
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Coccolithophore contributions to the global marine carbon cycle are regulated by the calcite content of their scales (coccoliths) and the relative cellular levels of...
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Enhanced macroboring and depressed calcification drive net dissolution at high-CO2 coral reefs
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Ocean acidification (OA) impacts the physiology of diverse marine taxa; among them corals that create complex reef framework structures. Biological processes operating on coral...
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Tidal and seasonal variation in carbonate chemistry, pH and salinity for a mineral-acidified tropical estuarine system
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Estuarine acidification and carbonate chemistry derive from multiple biogeochemical processes. Other than biogenic CO-acidification, estuaries can be acidified allochthonously...
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Interpretation and design of ocean acidification experiments in upwelling systems in the context of carbonate chemistry co-variation with temperature and oxygen
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Coastal upwelling regimes are some of the most productive ecosystems in the ocean but are also among the most vulnerable to ocean acidification (OA) due to naturally high...
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Riverine discharges impact physiological traits and carbon sources for shell carbonate in the marine intertidal mussel
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Anthropogenic modification watersheds and climate change have altered export from fluvial systems causing changes to the carbonate chemistry of river-influenced near shore...
03 March 2020This date indicates the date the dataset metadata was last modified on Pacific Data Hub.
