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Ocean Acidification and its effect on ecosystem

by Sonika Pariyar | 30-03-2020 12:23 recommendations 0

What is ocean acidification??

 

When carbon dioxide (CO2) from different sources like industries,different human activities is absorbed by seawater, chemical reactions occur that reduce seawater pH, carbonate ion concentration, and saturation states of biologically important calcium carbonate minerals. These chemical reactions are termed "ocean acidification" or "OA" for short. Calcium carbonate minerals are the building blocks for the skeletons and shells of many marine organisms. In areas where most life now congregates in the ocean, the seawater is supersaturated with respect to calcium carbonate minerals. This means there are abundant building blocks for calcifying organisms to build their skeletons and shells. However, continued ocean acidification is causing many parts of the ocean to become under saturated with these minerals, which is likely to affect the ability of some organisms to produce and maintain their shells.

 

How does it affect Ecosystem ?

 

 

Any organism in ocean ecosystem is source of food of other any organism in same ecosystem.Any change in population of any organism in ecosystem whether it is producers of consumer directly affects the food web of that ecosystem. Eg :Coral reefs host an abundant and diverse array of marine life. Corals themselves are living organisms on which the whole ecosystem depends. Coral reefs host an abundant and diverse array of marine life. Corals themselves are living organisms on which the whole ecosystem depends.ecosystem services provided by coral reefs are fish to eat, protection of coastal areas from storms, and tourism activities like snorkeling and scuba diving.Human economies rely on ecosystem services provided by healthy oceans and coasts, but ocean and coastal acidification threaten these services.

This can represented by figure below.

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/shellfish-fig-1-hires_0.png

 

 

Ocean acidification and its effect

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16 Comments

  • Paras Kunwar says :
    Hello Sonika,
    I hope you are fine and doing well,
    I really enjoyed reading your report,
    You are doing a great job.. Best wishes...
    Thank you for sharing,
    Regards,
    Paras
    Posted 20-07-2021 13:47

  • Sameer Singh says :
    Wow nice.
    Keep writing and sharing.
    Posted 31-03-2020 00:44

  • Jasmine Karki says :
    Hello
    I do hope everything is going well..

    Thank you so much for sharing your report on Ocean Acidification!!
    It was great to go through it and have a descriptive knowledge on ocesn acidification.
    Hope to learn more from you on upcoming days..

    Green cheers
    Regards
    Jasmine karki
    Posted 30-03-2020 17:07

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  • Soyam Dhamala says :
    Learning about ocean acidification is a new to me.

    Keep writing.

    Yours,
    Soyam
    Posted 30-03-2020 14:39

  • Swesha Dhamala says :
    Hello Sonika!!

    Thanks for yours report.

    Keep writing.

    Yours,
    Swesha
    Posted 30-03-2020 13:56

  • Sushma Sapkota says :
    Greeting ,
    thank you for your report
    Posted 30-03-2020 13:25

  • Ramesh Oli says :
    Thanks for your report!!
    Posted 30-03-2020 12:55

  • Ganga Timilsina says :
    Keep writing, green cheers!!
    Posted 30-03-2020 12:54

  • Apsara Sapkota says :
    Very informative report, keep writing!!
    Posted 30-03-2020 12:53

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