Highlights • This micro-manuscript describes a university/industry collaboration to study water quality at a shellfish hatchery. • We designed a real-time communications system including hardware, firmware, and web visualization/analysis software. • A dashboard is located at sccoos.org/ocean-acidification/ and code at github.com/SUPScientist/Equipping-Smart-Coasts. Abstract Ocean acidification, the decrease in seawater pH as a result of increasing carbon […]
A new NOAA-funded study has documented for the first time that ocean acidification along the US Pacific Northwest coast is impacting the shells and sensory organs of some young Dungeness crab, a prized crustacean that supports the most valuable fishery on the West Coast. Analysis of samples collected during a 2016 NOAA research cruise identified […]
Ocean warming and acidification are expected to influence the biology of the ecologically and economically important red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus. We investigated transcriptome responses of adult, larval and juvenile red king crab to assess sensitivity to reduced pH and elevated temperature. In adults, gill tissue (but not heart or cuticle) responded to reduced pH […]
Coralline algae (CA), a type of primary calcifying producer presented in coastal ecosystems, are considered one of the highly sensitive organisms to marine environmental change. However, experimental studies on coralline algae responses to elevated seawater temperature and reduced pH have documented either contradictory or opposite results. In this study, we analysed the growth and physiological […]
Highlights • Monoculture of oysters produces excess CO2, affecting carbon fluxes. • Seaweed can eliminate CO2 released by oysters. • Multi-trophic culture of oysters and seaweed can mitigate oysters monoculture negative impacts. Abstract The physiological responses of aquaculture organisms (e.g., oyster and seaweed) have the potential to affect seawater carbon fluxes and subsequently are affected […]
40%: The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels since the start of the industrial revolution.