SIO 278     Fall 2008

Ocean Acidification

 

Instructor: Dave Checkley (dcheckley@ucsd.edu  http://checkley.ucsd.edu)

[site updated 4 Dec 08]

 

Schedule

 

Links

PMEL Ocean Acidification Website

The Ocean Acidification Network

Trailer A Sea Change, upcoming movie on ocean acidification

Literature (partial listing)

Major Reports

Kleypas, J.A., R.A. Feely, V.J. Fabry, C. Langdon, C.L. Sabine, and L.L. Robbins, 2006. Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers: A Guide for Future Research, report of a workshop held 18–20 April 2005, St. Petersburg, FL, sponsored by NSF, NOAA, and the U.S. Geological Survey, 88 pp.

The Royal Society. 2005. Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide.

WBGU. 2006. The  Future Oceans - Warming up, rising high, turning sour.

 

Other

Albright, R., B. Mason, et al. (2008). "Effect of aragonite saturation state on settlement and post-settlement growth of Porites astreoides larvae." Coral Reefs 27(3): 485-490.

Beaufort, L., I. Probert, et al. (2007). "Effects of acidification and primary production on coccolith weight: Implications for carbonate transfer from the surface to the deep ocean." Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 8.

Bibby, R., S. Widdicombe, et al. (2008). "Effects of ocean acidification on the immune response of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis." Aquatic Biology 2(1): 67-74.

Bindoff, N.L., J. Willebrand, V. Artale, A, Cazenave, J. Gregory, S. Gulev, K. Hanawa, C. Le Quéré, S. Levitus, Y. Nojiri, C.K. Shum, L.D. Talley and A. Unnikrishnan, 2007: Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

Bottjer, D.J. et al. 2008. Understanding mechanisms for the end-Permian mass extinction and the protracted Early Triassic aftermath and recovery. GSA Today 18(9):4-10.

Fabry, V. J. (1989). "Aragonite production by pteropod mollusks in the sub-arctic Pacific." Deep-Sea Research Part a-Oceanographic Research Papers 36(11): 1735-1751.

Fabry, V. J. (1990). "Shell growth-rates of pteropod and heteropod mollusks and aragonite production in the open ocean - implications for the marine carbonate system." Journal of Marine Research 48(1): 209-222.

Fabry, V. J., B. A. Seibel, et al. (2008). "Impacts of ocean acidification on marine fauna and ecosystem processes." Ices Journal of Marine Science 65(3): 414-432.

Feely, R. A., C. L. Sabine, K. Lee, W. Berelson, J. Kleypas, V. J. Fabry and F. J. Millero. 2004. Impact of anthropogenic co2 on the caco3 system in the oceans. Science 305: 362-366.

Feely, R. A., C. L. Sabine, et al. (2008). "Evidence for upwelling of corrosive "acidified" water onto the continental shelf." Science 320(5882): 1490-1492.

Gazeau et al. (2007) Impact of elevated CO2 on shellfish calcification. Geohphysical Research Letters 34, doi:10.1029/2006GL028554

Guinotte, J. M. and V. J. Fabry (2008). "Ocean acidification and its potential effects on marine ecosystems." Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2008 1134: 320-342.

Harvey, L. D. D. (2008). "Mitigating the atmospheric CO2 increase and ocean acidification by adding limestone powder to upwelling regions." Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 113(C4).

Havenhand et al. (2008) Near-future levels of ocean acidification reduce fertilization success in a sea urchin. Current Biology 18(15):651-652

Hester, K.C., E.T. Peltzer, W.J. Kirkwood, and P.G. Brewer. 2008. Unanticipated consequences of ocean acifidification: A noisier ocean at lower pH. Geophys. Res. Let. doi:10.1029/2008GL034913.

Hutchins et al. (2007) CO2 control of Trichodesmium N2 fixation, photosynthesis, growth rates, and elemental rations: Implications for past, present, and future ocean biogeochemistry. Limnology and Oceanography 52(4):1293-1304

Iglesias-Rodriguez, M. D., P. R. Halloran, et al. (2008). "Phytoplankton calcification in a high-CO2 world." Science 320(5874): 336-340.

Ishimatsu, A., M. Hayashi, et al. (2005). "Physiological effects on fishes in a high-CO2 world." Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 110(C9).

Ishimatsu, A., T. Kikkawa, et al. (2004). "Effects of CO2 on marine fish: Larvae and adults." Journal of Oceanography 60(4): 731-741.

Jackson, J. B. C. (2008). "Ecological extinction and evolution in the brave new ocean." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105: 11458-11465.

Kerr, R.A. 2008. MASS EXTINCTION: Most Devastating Mass Extinction Followed Long Bout of Sea Sickness. Science 322:359.

Kikkawa, T., A. Ishimatsu, et al. (2003). "Acute CO2 tolerance during the early developmental stages of four marine teleosts." Environmental Toxicology 18(6): 375-382.

Kolbert, E. 2006. The darkening sea. The New Yorker, November 20, 2006, p. 66-75.

Kurihara and Shirayama (2004)  Effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on sea urchin early development. Marine Ecology Progress Series 274:161-169

Kurihara et al. (2007) Effects of increased seawater pCO2 on early development of the oyster Crassostrea gigas. Aquatic Biology 1:91-98

Kurihara and Ishimatsu (2008) Effects of high CO2 seawater on the copepod (Acartia tsuensis) through all life stages and subsequent generations. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56:1086-1090

Michaelidis et al. (2005) Effects of long-term moderate hypercapnia on acid-base balance and growth rate in marine mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 293:109-118

Mann, M.E., et al. 2008. Proxy-based reconstructions of hemispheric and global surface temperature variations over the past two millennia. PNAS 105:13252-13257.

Marsh, M. E. (2003). "Regulation of CaCO3 formation in coccolithophores." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 136(4): 743-754.

Mayor, D. J., C. Matthews, et al. (2007). "CO2-induced acidification affects hatching success in Calanus finmarchicus." Marine Ecology-Progress Series 350: 91-97.

Orr, J. C., V. J. Fabry, et al. (2005). "Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms." Nature 437(7059): 681-686.

Pane and Barry (2007) Extracellular acid-base regulation during short-term hypercapnia is effective in a shallow-water crab, but ineffective in a deep-sea crab. Marine Ecology Progress Series 334:1-9

Ramanathan, V., and Y. Feng. (in press). On avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system: Formidable challenges ahead. PNAS

Riebesell, U. (2008). "Climate change - Acid test for marine biodiversity." Nature 454(7200): 46-47.

Sabine, C. L., R. A. Feely, N. Gruber, R. M. Key, K. Lee, J. L. Bullister, R. Wanninkhof, C. S. Wong, D. W. R. Wallace, B. Tilbrook, F. J. Millero, T. H. Peng, A. Kozyr, T. Ono and A. F. Rios. 2004. The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO2. Science 305: 367-371.

Schmittner, A., A. Oschlies, et al. (2008). "Future changes in climate, ocean circulation, ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycling simulated for a business-as-usual CO2 emission scenario until year 4000 AD." Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22(1).

Spicer et al. (2007) Influence of CO2-related seawater acidification on extracellular acid-base balance in the velvet swimming crab Necora puber. Marine Biology 151:1117-1125

Stanley, S.M. 2006. Influence of seawater chemistry on biomineralization throughout phanerozoic time: Paleontological and experimental evidence. Palaeo 232:214-236.

Veron, J. E. N. (2008). "Mass extinctions and ocean acidification: biological constraints on geological dilemmas." Coral Reefs 27(3): 459-472.

Wood, H. L., J. I. Spicer, et al. (2008). "Ocean acidification may increase calcification rates, but at a cost." Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 275(1644): 1767-1773.