Sentences with phrase «calcifying organisms such»

Calcifying organisms such as coccolithophores that fix and export carbon into the deep sea provide feedbacks to increasing atmospheric pCO2.

Aragonite - A calcium carbonate (limestone) mineral, used by shell - or skeleton - forming, calcifying organisms such as corals (warm - and coldwater corals), some macroalgae, pteropods (marine snails) and non-pteropod molluscs such as bivalves (e.g., clams, oysters), cephalopods (e.g., squids, octopuses).

Calcite - A calcium carbonate (limestone) mineral, used by shell - or skeleton - forming, calcifying organisms such as foraminifera, some macroalgae, lobsters, crabs, sea urchins and starfish.

We have investigated the response of a coral reef community dominated by scleractinian corals, but also including other calcifying organisms such as calcareous algae, crustaceans, gastropods and echinoderms, and kept in an open - top mesocosm.

We have investigated the response of a coral reef community dominated by scleractinian corals, but also including other calcifying organisms such as calcareous algae, crustaceans, gastropods and echinoderms, and kept in an open - top mesocosm [note: a «mesocosm» is an aquarium].

Many calcifying organisms such as corals, mussels or snails will find it more and more difficult to build their shells and skeletons.

Not exact matches

Such changes in oceanic environmental conditions will have negative consequences for marine life and organisms producing calcium carbonate (CaCO3) structures are amongst the most vulnerable due to the additional costs associated with calcification and maintenance of calcified structures under more acidic conditions.

«More acidic waters make it difficult for corals and other calcifying organisms, such as animals with shells, to form their skeletons, which are ultimately responsible for building the physical structure of the reef,» says Australian Institute of Marine Science research scientist, Dr Janice Lough.»

This hinders the ability of organisms such as molluscs, sea urchins, coralline algae and cold - water corals to produce their calcified shells and skeletons, affecting their survival.

If that will have any impact on sea life is doubtful as the main calcifying organisms evolved at much higher CO2 levels during the Cretaceous, witnessed by the white cliffs of Dover and many such places all over the world...

The above quote from it references a 2007 study, «Climate - related increases in jellyfish frequency suggest a more gelatinous future for the North Sea,» that points out acidification will «severely affect calcifying plankton and other skeleton - forming organisms, so would potentially favor noncalcifying organisms such as jellyfish.»