Ocean acidification causes ecosystem shifts via altered competitive interactions

Kristy J. Kroeker (), Fiorenza Micheli and Maria Cristina Gambi
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Kristy J. Kroeker: Stanford University
Fiorenza Micheli: Stanford University
Maria Cristina Gambi: Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Dohrn Punta San Pietro

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 2, 156-159

Abstract: Ocean acidification can alter competitive dynamics between species. Although calcareous species recruited and grew at similar rates to fleshy seaweeds in ambient and low pH conditions, at later stages, in low pH, they were rapidly overgrown. These results suggest that changes in competitive balance could indirectly lead to profound ecosystem changes in an acidified ocean.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1680

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