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Unique Marine Ecosystems Indicate How Ocean Acidification Will Affect Sea Life
Posted on 27 May 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

A number of adverse environmental impacts are projected to occur from global warming. Although several atmospherically located substances will drive temperature increases, significant levels of CO2 may acidify the oceans. Ocean acidification is the name... Read More

Tags: Coral , Thomas Clarke , ocean temperatures , sea grass , carbon emissions , carbon sink , sea urchins , phenolic compounds , environmental law , algae , mollusk , pH , acidification , carbonic acid

Unique Marine Ecosystems Indicate How Ocean Acidification Will Affect Sea Life
Posted on 27 May 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

A number of adverse environmental impacts are projected to occur from global warming. Although several atmospherically located substances will drive temperature increases, significant levels of CO2 may acidify the oceans. Ocean acidification is the name... Read More

Tags: Coral , Thomas Clarke , ocean temperatures , sea grass , carbon emissions , carbon sink , sea urchins , phenolic compounds , environmental law , algae , mollusk , pH , acidification , carbonic acid

Another maxim bites the dust: Isolated coral reefs can recover from bleaching
Posted on 8 Apr 2013 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Stony corals that are reef-building corals (also known as Hermtypic corals [see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermatypic_coral ]) require algae from the genus Symbiodinium [see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiodinium ] to be in a healthy condition. The... Read More

Tags: Coral , nutrients , reef , expulsion , carbon dioxide , remnant colonies , recruitment , isolation , photosynthesis , Australia , algae , bleaching , anthropogenic , ammonium , Symbiodinium