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. 2017 Jan 12;7(3):895–904. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2678

Table 1.

Summary of temperature and ocean acidification effects on marine biota in current literature

Major group Studied organism Effects of temperature Effects of pH Reference
Macroalgae Amphiroa fragillisima Decrease in calcification Langdon et al. (2003)
Chondria dasyphylla
Gelidiopsis intricate
Haptilon cubense
Sargassum muticum and Cystoseira tamariscifolia Reduce in biomass of macroalgal assemblages Reduce in biomass of macroalgal assemblages Olabarria et al. (2013)
Cnidaria Acropora digitifera Reduced metabolic rates Nakamura et al. (2011)
Stylophora pistillata Net photosynthesis affected Cell‐specific density affected Reynaud et al. (2003)
Aiptasia pulchella Host cell adhesion dysfunction Gates, Baghdasarian, and Muscatine (1992)
Pocillopora damicornis
Diploria strigosa Negative effect on larval development Bassim, Sammarco, and Snell (2002)
Bryozoa Membranipora membranacea Capable of acclimating to elevated temperatures Menon (1972)
Electra pilosa
Conopeum reticulum
Myriapora truncata Negative effect on calcification (combination of temperature rise and ocean acidification) Negative effect on calcification (combination of temperature rise and ocean acidification) Rodolfo‐Metalpa et al. (2010)
Corrosion of calcareous skeletons Lombardi et al. (2011)
Mollusks Clio pyramidata Reduced calcification rates Fabry et al. (2008)
Crassostrea gigas Calcification rates decrease Gazeau et al. (2007)
Haliotis laevigata Affected specific growth rate Harris et al. (1999)
Haliotis rubra
Mercenaria mercenaria Dissolution‐induced mortality Green et al. (2004)
Mytilus edulis Negative effects on growth Berge et al. (2006)
Calcification rates decrease Gazeau et al. (2007)
Saccostrea glomerata Possibility to adapt Parker et al. (2012)
Decreased fertilization Abnormal D‐veligers Parker, Ross, and O'Connor (2009)
Strombus luhuanus Affects growth Shirayama and Thornton (2005)
Arthropods Acartia clausi Respiration and ammonia excretion Gaudy, Cervetto, and Pagano (2000)
Acartia erythraea Reproduction rate and larval development Kurihara, Shimode, and Shirayama (2004)
Acartia steueri
Acartia tonsa Respiration and ammonia excretion Gaudy et al. (2000)
Callinectes sapidus Compensation of hypercapnia Cameron and Iwama (1987)
Echinoderms Acanthaster planci Negative impacts on larval development Uthicke, Soars, et al. (2013), Uthicke, Pecorino, et al. (2013)
Centrostephanus rodgersii Decrease in gastrulation Decrease in cleavage stage embryos Foo et al. (2012)
Echinometra mathaei Early development Kurihara and Shirayama (2004)
Affects growth Shirayama and Thornton (2005)
Male spawning ability Uthicke et al. (2013)
Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus Early development Kurihara and Shirayama (2004)
Affects growth Shirayama and Thornton (2005)
Pisaster ochraceus Affects keystone predation Sanford (1999)
Psammechinus miliaris Hypercapnia and mortality Miles et al. (2007)
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus Thermal stress O'Donnell et al. (2009)
Chordata Amphiprion percula Impairs olfactory discrimination Munday, Crawley, et al. (2009), Munday, Dixson, et al. (2009)
Ictalurus punctatus Compensation of hypercapnia Cameron and Iwama (1987)
Lepidonotothen kempi Inhibition of protein biosynthesis Langenbuch and Pörtner (2003)
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma Declines in aerobic scope Declines in aerobic scope Munday, Crawley, et al. (2009), Munday, Dixson, et al. (2009)
Ostorhinchus doederleini
Pachycara brachycephalum Inhibition of protein biosynthesis Langenbuch and Pörtner (2003)
Sillago japonica Acute toxicity on juveniles Kikkawa et al. (2006)