Signals of resilience to ocean change

Author
Lydia Kapsenberg, Gretchen E. Hofmann
Year
2014
Published in
Polar Biology

High thermal tolerance of early stage Antarctic sea urchins (Sterechinus neumayeri) reared under present-day and future pCO2 and temperature.

Testing the tolerance of Antarctic sea urchins to the multiple stressors of ocean warming and acidification, Kapsenberg and Hofmann present the rare good news that these marine invertebrates “may be unexpectedly physiologically tolerant of future ocean conditions”.

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