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Most Latin American countries have access to the coast, comprising 8.8% of the world's coastlines. The carbonate system in this region is affected and/or controlled by different physical, chemical, and biological processes, whether natural or anthropogenic, such as seasonal and permanent upwellings, river runoff, hydrothermal vents, and oxygen minimum zones, among others.
Although the world scientific community working on ocean acidification has grown in Latin America during the last decade, in terms of number, technical capacity, and infrastructure (research vessels, buoys, lab equipment, reactants, etc.), quantification of pH, pCO2, CID o AT in Latin American countries is still scarce, and has focused mainly on the coastal zone and in short to medium time scales. Nevertheless, the research has shown the carbonate system has large variability and that many organisms may be adapted to the more acidic conditions expected to occur by 2100. Therefore, actualizing OA knowledge is a priority, as is using this information for model validation, standardization of analytical methodologies, defining future research priorities, and providing updated information and management plans to policymakers to mitigate ocean acidification.
This Research Topic aims to compile manuscripts investigating ocean acidification's ecological and socio-economic impacts in Latin America (Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean). The scope includes recent research on monitoring, experiments (multiple stressors), modeling, net CO2 flux, new methods and techniques, how ocean acidification impacts society (education and socio-economic assessment), mitigation, management, challenges, and research priorities.
This Topic constitutes a snapshot of key research findings on different spatial and temporal scales (coastal ocean) from organisms to ecosystems, including natural and anthropogenic variability.
This Research Topic accepts original papers, notes, minireviews, reviews, and methods papers (new techniques and validation)
Although the world scientific community working on ocean acidification has grown in Latin America during the last decade, in terms of number, technical capacity, and infrastructure (research vessels, buoys, lab equipment, reactants, etc.), quantification of pH, pCO2, CID o AT in Latin American countries is still scarce, and has focused mainly on the coastal zone and in short to medium time scales. Nevertheless, the research has shown the carbonate system has large variability and that many organisms may be adapted to the more acidic conditions expected to occur by 2100. Therefore, actualizing OA knowledge is a priority, as is using this information for model validation, standardization of analytical methodologies, defining future research priorities, and providing updated information and management plans to policymakers to mitigate ocean acidification.
This Research Topic aims to compile manuscripts investigating ocean acidification's ecological and socio-economic impacts in Latin America (Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean). The scope includes recent research on monitoring, experiments (multiple stressors), modeling, net CO2 flux, new methods and techniques, how ocean acidification impacts society (education and socio-economic assessment), mitigation, management, challenges, and research priorities.
This Topic constitutes a snapshot of key research findings on different spatial and temporal scales (coastal ocean) from organisms to ecosystems, including natural and anthropogenic variability.
This Research Topic accepts original papers, notes, minireviews, reviews, and methods papers (new techniques and validation)
Keywords: Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Experimentation, Air Sea CO2 Fluxes, Modeling, Mitigation and Management
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