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Chapter Two - The Importance of Natural Acidified Systems in the Study of Ocean Acidification: What Have We Learned?

Chapter Two - The Importance of Natural Acidified Systems in the Study of Ocean Acidification: What Have We Learned?

Authors :
González-Delgado, Sara
Hernández, José Carlos
Source :
Advances in Marine Biology. 2018, Vol. 80, p57-99. 43p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Human activity is generating an excess of atmospheric CO2, resulting in what we know as ocean acidification, which produces changes in marine ecosystems. Until recently, most of the research in this area had been done under small-scale, laboratory conditions, using few variables, few species and few life cycle stages. These limitations raise questions about the reproducibility of the environment and about the importance of indirect effects and synergies in the final results of these experiments. One way to address these experimental problems is by conducting studies in situ, in natural areas where expected future pH conditions already occur, such as CO2 vent systems. In the present work, we compile and discuss the latest research carried out in these natural laboratories, with the objective to summarize their advantages and disadvantages for research to improve these investigations so they can better help us understand how the oceans of the future will change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00652881
Volume :
80
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Advances in Marine Biology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
133246426
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2018.08.001