Hi Katharine, I know that mangrove ecosystems tend to get more/acidic variable than coastal open water ecosystems (Gedan et al. 2017). So micro-zone pH conditions seem to depend on both biotic and abiotic conditions defining ecosystems. I hope it helps.
Good luck, Dr. Pierre Chuard Gedan et al. 2017 Community composition in mangrove ponds with pulsed hypoxic and acidified conditions Le lundi 25 juin 2018, Katharine Leigh <kl...@cornell.edu> a écrit : > Hi Ecologers! > > Question for those of you familiar with Ocean Acidification: anyone aware > of evidence/studies about micro-zones of acidification? Like, has anyone > detected small, localized regions where the water is specifically more > acidic in certain places versus others? Or is the acidity basically uniform > and just gradually becomes more/less acidic as you move up/down latitudes, > or deeper/shallower in the water column? I know areas around hydrothermal > vents can get super acidic, and I would *think *a certain current has a > characteristic acidity trend... how about near the shore? Do pockets of > acidic water tend to form at all? > > Thanks for any commentary you can provide. Links to suggested papers would > be awesome, too! > > Best > Kat > > Katharine L. Leigh > My Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/katharine-leigh/9a/175/482/en> > -- Pierre J.C. Chuard, PhD NSERC CREATE Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biology, McGill University Stewart Biology Building, N4/17 Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1 +1(438)725-7889 pierre.chua...@gmail.com
