From the Point Loma Kelp forest in San Diego, California, USA: Macrocystis pyrifera germling production (after 72 hrs) as well as density and length of M. pyrifera gametophytes (after 11 weeks) and sporophytes (after 15 weeks), supplement to: Shukla, Priya; Edwards, Matthew S (2017): Elevated pCO2 is less detrimental than increased temperature to early development of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales). Phycologia, 56(6), 638-648

• Main Authors: Shukla, Priya, Edwards, Matthew S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2018
• Subjects: Biology; Loma; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.893123; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.893123

Global climate change is increasing ocean temperature and partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) in coastal and marine ecosystems. Research in this field has largely focused on how limited CO32− availability and low pH adversely affect early development of calcifying organisms, but noncalcareous organisms a...