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Wild populations of Sydney rock oysters differ in their proteomic responses to elevated carbon dioxide
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This study tested the proteomic responses of three spatially distinct Sydney rock oyster populations to elevated pCO2. Oysters were collected from environmentally different...
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Trophic compensation reinforces resistance: herbivory absorbs the increasing effects of multiple disturbances
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Disturbance often results in small changes in community structure, but the probability of transitioning to contrasting states increases when multiple disturbances combine....
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Environmental controls on the growth, photosynthetic and calcification rates of a Southern Hemisphere strain of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
We conducted a series of diagnostic fitness response experiments on the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, isolated from the Subtropical Convergence east of New Zealand. Dose...
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Unshelled abalone and corrupted urchins: development of marine calcifiers in a changing ocean
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The most fragile skeletons produced by benthic marine calcifiers are those that larvae and juveniles make to support their bodies. Ocean warming, acidification, decreased...
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Metabolic cost of calcification in bivalve larvae under experimental ocean acidification
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Physiological increases in energy expenditure frequently occur in response to environmental stress. Although energy limitation is often invoked as a basis for decreased...
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Effects of ocean acidification on the early developmental stages of the horned turban, Turbo cornutus
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
To estimate the impact of CO2-driven ocean acidification on the early life stages of gastropods, the effects of increased partial pressure of seawater carbon dioxide (pCO2)...
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Altered brain ion gradients following compensation for elevated CO2 are linked to behavioural alterations in a coral reef fish
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Neurosensory and behavioural disruptions are some of the most consistently reported responses upon exposure to ocean acidification-relevant CO2 levels, especially in coral reef...
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The role of symbiotic algae in the formation of the coral polyp skeleton: 3-D morphological study based on X-ray microcomputed tomography
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Symbiotic algae of primary polyps play an important role in calcification of coral skeletons. However, the function of the symbiotic algae, including the way they influence the...
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Ocean acidification induces changes in algal palatability and herbivore feeding behavior and performance
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The effects of global stressors on a species may be mediated by the stressors' impact on coexisting taxa. For instance, herbivore–algae interactions may change due to...
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Influencing mechanism of ocean acidification on byssus performance in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The byssus is an important adhesive structure by which bivalves robustly adhere to underwater substrates. It is susceptible to carbon dioxide-driven ocean acidification (OA)....
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Effects of episodic low aragonite saturation and elevated temperature on the physiology of Stylophora pistillata
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
As global climate change is predicted to gradually alter the oceans' carbonate system and water temperature, knowledge about the effects an altered marine environment has on the...
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Functional impacts of ocean acidification in an ecologically critical foundation species
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Anthropogenic CO2 is reducing the pH and altering the carbonate chemistry of seawater, with repercussions for marine organisms and ecosystems. Current research suggests that...
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Proteomic response of marine invertebrate larvae to ocean acidification and hypoxia during metamorphosis and calcification
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Calcifying marine invertebrates with complex life cycles are particularly at risk to climate changes as they undergo an abrupt ontogenetic shift during larval metamorphosis....
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A shell-formation related carbonic anhydrase in Crassostrea gigas modulates intracellular calcium against CO2 exposure: implication for impacts of ocean acidification on mollusk calcification
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Ocean acidification (OA) could decrease the shells and skeletons formation of mollusk by reducing the availability of carbonate ions at calcification sites. Carbonic anhydrases...
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Photosynthetic responses of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana to CO2-induced seawater acidification
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Ocean acidification due to atmospheric CO2 rise is expected to influence marine phytoplankton. Diatoms are responsible for about 40% of the total primary production in the...
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Responses of pink salmon to CO2-induced aquatic acidification
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Ocean acidification negatively affects many marine species and is predicted to cause widespread changes to marine ecosystems. Similarly, freshwater ecosystems may potentially be...
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Early-life exposure to climate change impairs tropical shark survival
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Sharks occupy high trophic levels in marine habitats and play a key role in the structure and function of marine communities. Their populations have been declining worldwide by...
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Calcification responses of symbiotic and aposymbiotic corals to near-future levels of ocean acidification
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Increasing the acidity of ocean waters will directly threaten calcifying marine organisms such as reef-building scleractinian corals, and the myriad of species that rely on...
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Signs of adaptation to local pH conditions across an environmental mosaic in the California Current ecosystem
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Little is known about the potential for rapid evolution in natural populations in response to the high rate of contemporary climatic change. Organisms that have evolved in...
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Organic matter production response to CO2 increase in open subarctic plankton communities: comparison of six microcosm experiments under iron-limited and -enriched bloom conditions
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Increase in seawater pCO2 and the corresponding decrease in pH caused by the increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration (i.e., ocean acidification) may affect organic matter...
24 November 2019This date indicates the date the dataset metadata was last modified on Pacific Data Hub.