Response of marine invertebrates to ocean acidification
This project determines the reproductive and population responses of key marine invertebrates.
Project leader
Dr Gary Caldwell
Sponsors
NERC
Description
Ocean acidification is a component of global climate change. It presents fundamental challenges to marine biodiversity and sustained ecosystem health.
This project determines the reproductive and population responses of key marine invertebrates. Particularly harpacticoid copepods and tube building polychaetes.
It studies their response to elevated PCO2 conditions in combination with co-exposure to copper across multiple generations.