Ocean acidification linked to larval oyster failure
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 13:31
in Earth & Climate
Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had declined to a level considered by the owners to be "non-economically viable."
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