So Far Alaska Pollock Appear Unharmed from Ocean Acidification (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] May 26, 2017
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch. Latest lab results show impacts of acid oceans on key Alaska species. More after this –
The chemistry showing that our oceans are becoming more acidic can’t be denied. So how does all that absorption of increasing carbon dioxide affect some key Alaska fisheries?
“The direct effect of carbon dioxide increase may be the pH effect on the ability of a pollock or cod to grow or to have gas exchange across the gill membranes. It may be carbonate availability for a crab to build a shell directly.”
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