Climate change and tropical marine ecosystems: A review with an emphasis on coral reefs

• Published in: UNED Research Journal
• Main Author: Kleypas, Joan A. Kleypas A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish; English
• Published: Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica 2019
• Subjects: océanos; cambio de clima; acidificación de océano; calentamiento de océano; desoxigenación; oceans; climate change; ocean acidification; ocean warming; ocean deoxygenation; Consecuencia; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/2317; https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v11i1.2317

Climate change is usually associated with warming and weather extremes that impact the human environment and terrestrial systems, but it also has profound effects on the ocean, which is probably the most unique, life-supporting feature of planet Earth. The most direct consequence of rising CO2 conce...