How would acidification of seawater affect marine organisms?
A) Acidification would increase dissolved carbonate concentrations and promote faster growth of corals and shell-building animals.
B) Acidification would decrease dissolved carbonate concentrations and promote faster growth of corals and shell-building animals.
C) Acidification would increase dissolved carbonate concentrations and hinder growth of corals and shell-building animals.
D) Acidification would decrease dissolved carbonate concentrations and hinder growth of corals and shell-building animals.
E) Acidification would increase dissolved bicarbonate concentrations, and cause increased calcification of corals and shellfish.
Organisms exhibit a diversity of behaviours, which include (clockwise from upper left), foraging and
Pacific hagfish at 150 meters depth, California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
Blue whale skeleton, outside the Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz
One-dimensional NMR spectrum of a globin from a marine blood worm
Modern fishing fleets deplete marine life
Dissolved Components in Seawater