The role of Sargassum pacificum in ocean acidification effects on corals

• Main Author: Hillard, Heather
• Other Authors: Carpenter, Robert C, Edmunds, Peter J, Steele, Mark A
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: California State University, Northridge 2015
• Subjects: algae; coral reef; coral reef ecology; Dissertations; Academic > CSUN > Biology; coral; ocean acidification; climate change; macroalgae; Rus’; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/141722

Ocean acidification (OA), the decrease in the seawater pH and carbonate ion concentration due to the uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) with no change in total alkalinity, threatens coral reefs worldwide as studies predict the decline of calcifiers and increasing growth of non-calcified ma...