Ocean Acidification and Marine Wildlife
Physiological and Behavioral Impacts

Analyzes and offers conservation solutions for marine life amidst the pH neutralization of the world’s oceans

Guangxu Liu (Author)

9780128223307, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 22 July 2021

282 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.45 kg

Ocean Acidification and Marine Wildlife: Physiological and Behavioral Impacts provides comprehensive knowledge on how decreases in the pH of the world’s oceans is affecting marine organisms. The book synthesizes recent findings about the impacts of ocean acidification (OA) on marine animals, covering the physiological and behavioral effects upon marine invertebrates and vertebrates, the potential physiological and molecular mechanism affects, and interactions of OA with other environmental factors. Written by international experts in this research field, this book summarizes new discoveries of OA effects on fertilization, embryonic development, biomineralization, metabolism, immune response, foraging, anti-predation, habitat selection, and the social hierarchy of marine animals.

1. Physiological impacts of ocean acidification on marine invertebrates2. Physiological impacts of ocean acidification on marine vertebrates3. Behavioral impacts of ocean acidification on marine animals4. Potential mechanisms underpinning the impacts of ocean acidification on marine animals5. Interactive effects of ocean acidification and other environmental factors on marine organisms6. A brief summary of what we know and what we do not know about the impacts of ocean acidification on marine animals

Subject Areas: Aquaculture & fish-farming: practice & techniques [TVT], Marine biology [PSPM], Hydrobiology [PSP], Toxicology [non-medical PSBT]