Response to technical comment on `meta‐analysis reveals negative yet variable effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms'

• Published in: Ecology Letters
• Main Authors: Kroeker, Kristy J., Kordas, Rebecca L., Crim, Ryan N., Singh, Gerald G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01665.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1461-0248.2011.01665.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01665.x

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: E1–E2 Abstract It has been proposed that crustaceans should be excluded from a comparison of biological responses to ocean acidification among organisms with different calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) forms in their calcified structures. We re‐analysed our data without crustaceans and found high variation in organismal responses within CaCO 3 categories. We conclude that the CaCO 3 polymorph alone does not predict sensitivity, and a consideration of functional differences among organisms is necessary for predicting variation in response to acidification.