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Increasing Ocean Acidification Is Tipping Fragile Balances within Marine Ecosystems

Dec 1, 2009
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Consider, for example, the tiny pterapod, a marine snail whose shell is affected by changing pH. The pterapod is an important food source for young salmon, mackerel, herring and cod, which are important food sources for larger animals and economic sources for humans.

“You’re shifting the whole balance of elements,” Kleypas said. “We can’t yet predict how marine communities are going to respond to that.”

 

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