Abstract
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Highlights
Ocean acidification (OA), defined as the process whereby waters become more acidic and corrosive, poses a threat to the health of the world ocean and the significant benefits it provides (Feely et al, 2004; Orr et al, 2005; Royal Society, 2005; Doney et al, 2009)
Bednaršek et al (2014) showed OA hotspots along the entire coasts of Washington and Oregon, as well as northern California, where more than 50% of the upper water column in the very nearshore was undersaturated with respect to aragonite during the summer
Decisions on siting, quantifying the effects of land use changes, and identifying cost-effective restoration and mitigation measures require much of the same information required by water quality and living marine resource managers: (1) improved monitoring to provide spatially detailed understanding of carbonate system status and trends over time, and (2) coupled physical-biogeochemical models to forecast OA changes associated with land use changes and coastal development
Summary
Ocean Acidification Science Needs for Natural Resource Managers of the North American West Coast. Elizabeth Whiteman “ the different types of coastal resource managers and users have a wide array of responsibilities and make diverse decisions, they have common needs regarding the kinds of scientific tools and information that would assist them in integrating ” [ocean acidification] considerations into their actions
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