Ocean Acidification and the Loss of Phenolic Substances in Marine Plants

Thomas Arnold; Christopher Mealey; Hannah Leahey; A. Whitman Miller; Jason M. Hall-Spencer; Marco Milazzo; Kelly Maers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035107

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Ocean Acidification and the Loss of Phenolic Substances in Marine Plants

Thomas Arnold ,

* E-mail: arnoldt@dickinson.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, United States of America
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Christopher Mealey,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Hannah Leahey,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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A. Whitman Miller,

Affiliation Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, United States of America
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Jason M. Hall-Spencer,

Affiliation School of Marine Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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Marco Milazzo,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Kelly Maers

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Ocean Acidification and the Loss of Phenolic Substances in Marine Plants

Thomas Arnold,
Christopher Mealey,
Hannah Leahey,
A. Whitman Miller,
Jason M. Hall-Spencer,
Marco Milazzo,
Kelly Maers

Published: April 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035107

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phlorotannins in kelps

Posted by arnoldt on 01 May 2012 at 05:21 GMT

We found the following article interesting. It it focuses on a different class of phenolics, the brown algal phlorotannins (which are not shikimic acid products), in mesocosm studies of kelps.

It suggests that UV-B radiation and CO2 can interact to yield interesting results. Something worth investigating in seagrasses.

Altered kelp (Laminariales) phlorotannins and growth under elevated carbon dioxide and ultraviolet-B treatments can influence associated intertidal food webs
ANDREW K. SWANSON, CAROLINE H. FOX

http://onlinelibrary.wile...

Thanks to A. Verges for an interesting discussion of this.

Competing interests declared: I am one of the article authors.

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phlorotannins in kelps

Posted by arnoldt on 01 May 2012 at 05:21 GMT