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Global change is and will continue impacting biodiversity, as many studies have already documented.
Rising atmospheric CO2
is alleviated by oceanic uptake, since atmosphere and surface ocean exchange
CO2
, but it also modifies the ocean carbonate system towards decreased carbonate ion concentrations
and a corresponding decline in seawater pH. This process is known as ocean acidification (OA) and
has a direct effect on plankton, namely calcifying organisms, such as coccolithophores, foraminifers,
corals, molluscs and crustaceans, with consequences for the entire marine ecosystem (see review by
Reibesell and Tortell 2011).
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Taylor and Francis