Plot of changes in total biomass, commercial biomass, biodiversity, and average trophic level of the community ecological indicators across production, other mortality, vulnerability, and combined forcing simulations over 50 years, with pH dropping from 8.0 to 7.5.

• Main Authors: Adam J. Schlenger (10687093), Rodrigo Beas-Luna (649193), Richard F. Ambrose (2427187)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ecology; Inorganic Chemistry; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Low trophic level groups; algae increase; mass balance food web model; fish species display; population levels; 0.5 drop; marine ecosystem; lobsters display; kelp forest community; carbonate mineralizing groups; OA stress manifests; display nonlinear patterns; trophic level organisms; ecosystem-level effects; community structure; predation interactions; 0.5 pH drop; trophic level decrease; coralline algae; giant kelp; distribution limit; marine ecosystems; food web model; ecosystem biomass; 50 years; kelp forest ecosystems Ocean acidif.; modeling approach; Forecasting ocean acidification impacts; kelp forest ecosystem; OA impacts; ecosystem responses; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236218.g004

Plot of changes in total biomass, commercial biomass, biodiversity, and average trophic level of the community ecological indicators across production, other mortality, vulnerability, and combined forcing simulations over 50 years, with pH dropping from 8.0 to 7.5.