Heterogeneity around CO2 vents obscures the effects of ocean acidification on shallow reef communities

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Blain, Caitlin O, Kulins, Sara, Radford, Craig A, Sewell, Mary A, Shears, Nick T
• Other Authors: Browman, Howard, University of Auckland, Royal Society of New Zealand
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2021
• Subjects: New Zealand; White Island; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab184; https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/78/9/3162/41765312/fsab184.pdf

Abstract Studies that use CO2 vents as natural laboratories to investigate the impacts of ocean acidification (OA) typically employ control-impact designs or local-scale gradients in pH or pCO2, where impacted sites are compared to reference sites. While these strategies can accurately represent wel...