Ocean Acidification and Marine Wildlife

Ocean Acidification and Marine Wildlife: Physiological and Behavioral Impacts provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge on how ongoing decrease in the pH of the world’s oceans is affecting marine organisms. It 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 social hierarchy of marine animals. It also discusses the potential effects of hemeostasis alteration, energy reallocation, and sensory interruption at both physiological and molecular levels. The latter portion of the book delves into effects on marine life caused by the combination of OA and other environmental factors, including global warming, hypoxia, salinity, and pollutants. Ocean Acidification and Marine Wildlife: Physiological and Behavioral Impacts is an important resource for researchers and practitioners in marine conservation, marine wildlife studies, and climate change studies. This also serves as a valuable text for marine biology and animal science students. Examines the impacts of carbon dioxide increases in the world’s oceans upon marine vertebrates and invertebratesIdentifies environmental factors, including climate change and pollution, and how they increase the negative effects of ocean acidificationFacilitates a better understanding of ocean acidification effects for conservationism and future prevention