The Australian Antarctic Division is coordinating a field-based ocean acidification experiment in Antarctic waters near Casey Station, Windmill Islands, East Antarctica ( 66°17′ S 110°31′ E) this austral summer 2014-15. This antFOCE (antarctic Free Ocean Carbon Dioxide Enrichment) experiment will expose a range of benthic marine animals and algae to a constant supply of CO2-enriched…
Read MoreMazzuca et al. 2013, “Establishing research strategies, methodologies and technologies to link genomics and proteomics to seagrass productivity, community metabolism, and ecosystem carbon fluxes”. This paper describes work conducted during a seagrass workshop held in Corsica, France in 2011, as part of the COST Action “Seagrass productivity: from genes to ecosystem management”. Aquation fluorometers were…
Read MoreAquation has recently released a prototype version of its new Submersible Photosynthesis-Respiration System. This system measures the rate of production or consumption of oxygen in a submerged chamber, which provides a good proxy for photosynthesis and respiration rates. The System is only designed to operate two chambers, and is therefore easy to carry, setup and deploy. No…
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