Extreme Levels of Ocean Acidification Restructure the Plankton Community and Biogeochemistry of a Temperate Coastal Ecosystem: A Mesocosm Study

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Spisla, Carsten, Taucher, Jan, Bach, Lennart T, Haunost, Mathias, Boxhammer, Tim, King, Andrew L, Jenkins, Bettany D., Wallace, Joselynn R., Ludwig, Andrea, Meyer, Jana, Stange, Paul, Minutolo, Fabrizio, Lohbeck, Kai T., Nauendorf, Alice, Kalter, Verena, Lischka, Silke, Sswat, Michael, Dörner, Isabel, Ismar-Rebitz, Stefanie M. H., Aberle, Nicole, Yong, Jaw C, Bouquet, Jean-Marie, Lechtenbörger, Anna K., Kohnert, Peter, Krudewig, Michael, Riebesell, Ulf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2021
• Subjects: Bouquet; Norway; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2775139; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.611157

The oceans’ uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) decreases seawater pH and alters the inorganic carbon speciation – summarized in the term ocean acidification (OA). Already today, coastal regions experience episodic pH events during which surface layer pH drops below values projected for the...