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Beyond ocean acidification

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Research into the biological threat of reduced ocean pH has yielded many insights over the past decade. Further progress requires a better understanding of how the interplay between ocean acidification and other anthropogenic stresses impacts marine biota.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Philip W. Boyd is at the NIWA Centre for Chemical and Physical Oceanography, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 9012,

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