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SUBMITTER: Silbiger NJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5768679 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Silbiger Nyssa J NJ Sorte Cascade J B CJB
Scientific reports 20180115 1
Ocean acidification (OA) projections are primarily based on open ocean environments, despite the ecological importance of coastal systems in which carbonate dynamics are fundamentally different. Using temperate tide pools as a natural laboratory, we quantified the relative contribution of community composition, ecosystem metabolism, and physical attributes to spatiotemporal variability in carbonate chemistry. We found that biological processes were the primary drivers of local pH conditions. Spe ...[more]