Functional biodiversity loss along natural CO2 gradients

Locations in the ocean where CO2 naturally seeps from the seafloor can be used to infer potential responses to ocean acidification. Here the authors explore the functional composition of benthic communities along a natural CO2 gradient, showing a loss of functional diversity at high-CO2 sites.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Nuria Teixidó, Maria Cristina Gambi, Valeriano Parravacini, Kristy Kroeker, Fiorenza Micheli, Sebastien Villéger, Enric Ballesteros
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Science
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Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07592-1
https://doaj.org/article/fcca1385c7ad49fdad15cbb639a5fef0
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Summary:Locations in the ocean where CO2 naturally seeps from the seafloor can be used to infer potential responses to ocean acidification. Here the authors explore the functional composition of benthic communities along a natural CO2 gradient, showing a loss of functional diversity at high-CO2 sites.

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