Effects and mitigations of ocean acidification on wild and aquaculture scallop and prawn fisheries in Queensland, Australia

• Published in: Fisheries Research
• Main Authors: Richards, Russell G, Davidson, Andrew T, Meynecke, Jan-Olaf, Beattie, Kerrod, Hernaman, Vanessa, Lynam, Tim, van Putten, Ingrid E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Ecology; Fisheries sciences; Fisheries sciences not elsewhere classified; Queensland; Griffith; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/125142; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2014.06.013

Ocean acidification (OA) is caused by increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 dissolving into the world's oceans. These changes are predicted to have detrimental effects on commercial and aquaculture fisheries. Here we examine the implications of OA on the prawn and scallop fisheries in Queensland...