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Stressed krill first sign of damage
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Roberts, D, Stressed krill first sign of damage, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sydney Morning Herald - Andrew Darby, Sydney, Australia, October 7, 2013, 1, Online (2013) [Newspaper Article]
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Abstract
''Think of it like a cold beer at a barbecue,'' said Donna Roberts, of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre at the University of Tasmania. ''It holds onto its carbon dioxide bubbles longer. Remember that 40 per cent of all the carbon dioxide going into the oceans goes into the Southern Ocean. It's going to hit high, and hit hard.''
Dr Roberts said work on pteropod snails showed distinct acidification effects. ''We're finding evidence that shell structure has been getting softer since 1997,'' she said.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Newspaper Article |
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| Keywords: | Southern ocean acidification |
| Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
| Research Group: | Climate change impacts and adaptation |
| Research Field: | Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
| Objective Group: | Understanding climate change |
| Objective Field: | Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts) |
| UTAS Author: | Roberts, D (Dr Donna Roberts) |
| ID Code: | 89614 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Deposited By: | CRC-Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems |
| Deposited On: | 2014-03-09 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-06-10 |
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