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Koch, M., Bowes, G., Ross, C., & Zhang, X. (2013). Climate change and ocean acidification effects on seagrasses and marine macroalgae. Global change biology, 19(1), 103-132.
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Although photosynthetic and growth rates of marine macro-autotrophs are likely to increase under elevated C02 (similarly to terrestrial species), there has been a serious decline of seagrass meadows with a loss accelerating from about 1% yr-1 before 1940 to 7% yr-1 presently. Furthermore, certain invasive species will be able to grow faster due to the change in pH.
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A better understanding of the stress-response mechanisms is needed. Furthermore, the bio-geographical surveys of important species should be ongoing to document range shifts of economically and ecologically critical macro-autotroph species.
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