Sentences with phrase «affects marine organisms»

The ocean uptake of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide, the excess above preindustrial levels driven by human emissions, causes well - understood and substantial changes in seawater chemistry that can affect marine organisms and ecosystems.

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«Ocean acidification can affect individual marine organisms along the Pacific coast, by changing the chemistry of the seawater,» said lead author Brittany Jellison, a Ph.D. student studying marine ecology at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Labormarine organisms along the Pacific coast, by changing the chemistry of the seawater,» said lead author Brittany Jellison, a Ph.D. student studying marine ecology at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Labormarine ecology at the UC Davis Bodega Marine LaborMarine Laboratory.

This means they could spread microplastic pollution throughout the marine ecosystem, by carrying microplastics from the surface down to deeper waters, affecting deep - sea organisms.

During the next three to six months — some have postulated an aftermath that lasted up to a year — of darkness, freezing cold, and perpetual acid rain, a catastrophic die - out occurred, affecting both marine and terrestrial organisms.

The science of how soured waters will affect marine life is still young, but the evidence so far suggests that the hardest hit will be organisms that have shells or skeletons built from calcium carbonate, including corals, mollusks, and many plankton.

This is a big deal because it can affect so many processes that occur from the coast to the open ocean including marine organisms» lifecycles and underwater landslides,» said lead author San Diego State University Assistant Professor Jillian Maloney, who conducted this research as a post-doctoral researcher at LSU.

«Our future work will focus on the ways in which smaller organisms that feed on marine snow may be affected by the toxicity, and how that in turn can affect the larger food web.»

However, this process also increases the acidity of seawater and can affect the health of marine organisms and the ocean ecosystem.

The discovery of genes involved in the production of DMSP in phytoplankton, as well as bacteria, will allow scientists to better evaluate which organisms make DMSP in the marine environment and predict how the production of this influential molecule might be affected by future environmental changes, such as the warming of the oceans due to climate change.

While the transfer of contaminants from ingested plastic particles and debris into organisms has been demonstrated in laboratory experiments, it remains unclear whether contaminated plastic in the environment can affect contaminant bioaccumulation in marine organisms.

Ocean acidification can negatively affect marine life, causing organisms» shells and skeletons made from calcium carbonate to dissolve.

Researchers study tiny fossilized organisms to better understand how global marine life was affected by a rapid warming event more than 55 million years ago.

According to Wiki, in marine invertebrates «The extinction primarily affected organisms with calcium carbonate skeletons, especially those reliant on stable CO2 levels to produce their skeletons.

About BIOACID: Since 2009, more than 250 BIOACID scientists from 20 German research institutes have investigated how different marine organisms respond to ocean acidification and increasing carbon dioxide concentrations in seawater, how their performance is affected during their various life stages, how these reactions impact marine food webs and elemental cycles and whether they can be mitigated by evolutionary adaptation.

According to Wiki, in marine invertebrates «The extinction primarily affected organisms with calcium carbonate skeletons, especially those reliant on stable CO2 levels to produce their skeletons.

This ocean acidification makes water more corrosive, reducing the capacity of marine organisms with shells or skeletons made of calcium carbonate (such as corals, krill, oysters, clams, and crabs) to survive, grow, and reproduce, which in turn will affect the marine food chain.7

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Research has shown that ocean acidification and climate warming can independently affect many marine organisms in a variety of marine habitats from tropical to high - latitude ecosystems [9,10].

OA affects photosynthesis and calcification of marine organisms such as coccolithophores [3 — 5], unicellular microalgae that surround themselves with scales of calcium carbonate (coccoliths).

Ocean acidification adversely affects large number of marine organisms such as corals, marine plankton, and shellfish.