Reference Library: Scotian Shelf

NECAN Monitoring Priorities in the Northeast Workshop Report

  • Posted on: Fri, 02/16/2024 - 13:08
  • By: jackie

The Northeast Coastal Acidification Network (NECAN) held a workshop November 2-3, 2023 to identify and recommend monitoring priorities for ocean acidification in the NECAN region. Prior to the workshop, NECAN had submitted monitoring needs to the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification. One of the outcomes of the workshop was ...

Marine species distribution shifts on the U.S. Northeast Continental Shelf under continued ocean warming

  • Posted on: Tue, 05/09/2017 - 12:30
  • By: jackie

The U.S. Northeast Continental Shelf marine ecosystem has warmed much faster than the global ocean and it is expected that this enhanced warming will continue through this century. Here, we used a high-resolution global climate model and historical observations of species distributions from a trawl survey to examine changes in ...

Lessons from two high CO2 worlds – future oceans and intensive aquaculture

  • Posted on: Fri, 10/28/2016 - 13:40
  • By: jackie

Exponentially rising CO2 (currently ~400 µatm) is driving climate change and causing acidification of both marine and freshwater environments. CO2 directly affects acid–base and ion regulation, respiratory function and aerobic performance in aquatic animals. Elevated CO2 projected for end of this century (e.g. 800–1000 µatm) can also impact physiology, and have substantial ...

Overview of Coastal Acidification in the Northeast Region

  • Posted on: Tue, 10/25/2016 - 14:42
  • By: petert

This four-page brochure provides an introduction to ocean and coastal acidification, its effects on marine life, why the Northeast is especially vulnerable, research priorities for the region, and what people can do to fight coastal acidification. The information in the brochure is adapted from NECAN's 2015 Oceanography article. 

Short-lived radium isotopes on the Scotian Shelf: Unique distribution and tracers of cross-shelf CO2 and nutrient transport

  • Posted on: Mon, 06/13/2016 - 05:56
  • By: Anonymous

This study estimated vertical and lateral diffusion coefficients for the Scotian Shelf region using a numerical 2-D approach. It also estimates cross-shelf transport of carbon and nutrients and provides a potential mechanism for CO2 outgassing on the shelf.

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