News: marine ecosystems
Changes in marine ecosystems going undetected
Existing ways of calculating biodiversity dynamics are not very effective in detecting wholesale species community change due to the effects of ocean acidification.
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Ocean warming threatens richest marine biodiversity
An international team of scientists led by researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has revealed that rates of future warming threaten marine life in more than 70 per cent of the most biodiverse-rich areas of Earth’s oceans.Â
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Roadshow spotlights iconic marine animals
A team of researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ are travelling across South Australia on a marine education roadshow to showcase the importance of First Nations’ Sea Country and marine parks as homes for invaluable species.
High CO2 to slow tropical fish move to cooler waters
A new study from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ shows that the ocean acidification predicted under continuing high CO2 emissions may make cooler, temperate waters less welcoming.
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Fish sex organs boosted under high-CO2
Research from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has found that some species of fish will have higher reproductive capacity because of larger sex organs, under the more acidic oceans of the future.
Shellfish reef project wins Eureka Prize
³ÉÈË´óƬ marine ecologists are among a team of scientists awarded a Eureka Prize for their research towards rebuilding Australia’s lost shellfish reefs.
Marine food webs under increasing stress
Scientists at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have found growing evidence that marine ecosystems will not cope well with rising sea temperatures caused by climate change.
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