Ideas and perspectives: When ocean acidification experiments are not the same, repeatability is not tested
International audience Can experimental studies on the behavioural impacts of ocean acidification be trusted? That question was raised in early 2020 when a high-profile paper failed to corroborate previously observed responses of coral reef fish to high CO2. New information on the methodologies used...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.rrhbju 2023-05-15T17:49:05+02:00 Ideas and perspectives: When ocean acidification experiments are not the same, repeatability is not tested Williamson, Phillip Pörtner, Hans-Otto Widdicombe, Steve Gattuso, Jean-Pierre University of East Anglia Norwich (UEA) Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Plymouth Marine Laboratory Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV) Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2021-03-15 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1787-2021 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03196460/file/bg-18-1787-2021.pdf https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03196460 en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-03196460 doi:10.5194/bg-18-1787-2021 10670/1.rrhbju https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03196460/file/bg-18-1787-2021.pdf https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03196460 other Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 1726-4170 EISSN: 1726-4189 Biogeosciences Biogeosciences, European Geosciences Union, 2021, 18 (5), pp.1787 - 1792. ⟨10.5194/bg-18-1787-2021⟩ envir socio Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2021 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1787-2021 2023-01-22T17:48:27Z International audience Can experimental studies on the behavioural impacts of ocean acidification be trusted? That question was raised in early 2020 when a high-profile paper failed to corroborate previously observed responses of coral reef fish to high CO2. New information on the methodologies used in the “replicated” studies now provides a plausible explanation: the experimental conditions were substantially different. High sensitivity to test conditions is characteristic of ocean acidification research; such response variability shows that effects are complex, interacting with many other factors. Open-minded assessment of all research results, both negative and positive, remains the best way to develop process-based understanding. As in other fields, replication studies in ocean acidification are most likely to contribute to scientific advancement when carried out in a spirit of collaboration rather than confrontation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Unknown Biogeosciences 18 5 1787 1792 |
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International audience Can experimental studies on the behavioural impacts of ocean acidification be trusted? That question was raised in early 2020 when a high-profile paper failed to corroborate previously observed responses of coral reef fish to high CO2. New information on the methodologies used in the “replicated” studies now provides a plausible explanation: the experimental conditions were substantially different. High sensitivity to test conditions is characteristic of ocean acidification research; such response variability shows that effects are complex, interacting with many other factors. Open-minded assessment of all research results, both negative and positive, remains the best way to develop process-based understanding. As in other fields, replication studies in ocean acidification are most likely to contribute to scientific advancement when carried out in a spirit of collaboration rather than confrontation. |
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University of East Anglia Norwich (UEA) Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Plymouth Marine Laboratory Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV) Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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