Acidification and Hypoxia: Separate Accounts or Two Sides to a Coin?

Sunday, 15 February 2015: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Room 210G (San Jose Convention Center)
Francis Chan, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Hypoxia has garnered attention with dramatic die offs and devastated fisheries. Ocean acidification has not yet caused the same headline-grabbing effects, but is often mooted as a grave threat to marine ecosystems worldwide. Chemically, the two phenomena are linked, with local hypoxia enhancing acidification. Biologically, they exacerbate each other’s effects. The connection, potentially, provides opportunities for management at local scales.