Marine vegetation can mitigate ocean acidification, UCI study finds
Conservation of shoreline plants and seaweeds could, in turn, help preserve shellfish habitats
Irvine, Calif., Jan. 22, 2018 – Marine plants and seaweeds in shallow coastal ecosystems can play a key role in alleviating the effects of ocean acidification, and their robust population in shoreline environments could help preserve declining shellfish life, according to a study by University of California, Irvine ecologists.
In a new study on the Pacific Coast, Nyssa Silbiger, former UCI postdoctoral...
