Impacts of Climate Change Stressors on Marine Life
As the oceans simultaneously warm, acidify, increase in pCO2 and decrease in carbonate saturation due to climate change, prospects for marine biota are of concern, particularly early life history stages. These factors are deleterious to marine life and are likely to have negative interactive effects, which are not understood.
In carefully controlled multistressor experiments Professor Maria Byrne of the University of Sydney and her team investigate the synergistic impacts of climate change stressors on calcifying and non-calcifying stages of ecologically important marine invertebrates. The investigation of species from the tropics to the poles will generate key insights into biological responses and tipping points in a changing ocean.
Read more about Professor Byrne’s research in the Sydney Morning Herald November 2011 Feature.
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